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Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Cells by Liu, Ruchuan

“…Inorganic/organic hybrid solar cells have attracted a lot of interest due to their potential in combining the advantages of both components. To understand the…”
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Oriented collagen fibers direct tumor cell intravasation by Han, Weijing, Chen, Shaohua, Yuan, Wei, Fan, Qihui, Tian, Jianxiang, Wang, Xiaochen, Chen, Longqing, Zhang, Xixiang, Wei, Weili, Liu, Ruchuan, Qu, Junle, Jiao, Yang, Austin, Robert H., Liu, Liyu

“…In this work, we constructed a Collagen I–Matrigel composite extracellular matrix (ECM). The composite ECM was used to determine the influence of the local…”
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A Nonencapsulative Pendulum‐Like Paper–Based Hybrid Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting by Yang, Hongmei, Deng, Mingming, Tang, Qian, He, Wencong, Hu, Chenguo, Xi, Yi, Liu, Ruchuan, Wang, Zhong Lin

“…The newly invented triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is deemed to be a more efficient strategy than an electromagnetic generator (EMG) in harvesting…”
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Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding by del Rio, Armando, Perez-Jimenez, Raul, Liu, Ruchuan, Roca-Cusachs, Pere, Fernandez, Julio M, Sheetz, Michael P

“…The molecular mechanism by which a mechanical stimulus is translated into a chemical response in biological systems is still unclear. We show that mechanical…”
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Microfabrication-Based Three-Dimensional (3-D) Extracellular Matrix Microenvironments for Cancer and Other Diseases by Song, Kena, Wang, Zirui, Liu, Ruchuan, Chen, Guo, Liu, Liyu

“…Exploring the complicated development of tumors and metastases needs a deep understanding of the physical and biological interactions between cancer cells and…”
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Modeling three-dimensional invasive solid tumor growth in heterogeneous microenvironment under chemotherapy by Xie, Hang, Jiao, Yang, Fan, Qihui, Hai, Miaomiao, Yang, Jiaen, Hu, Zhijian, Yang, Yue, Shuai, Jianwei, Chen, Guo, Liu, Ruchuan, Liu, Liyu

“…A systematic understanding of the evolution and growth dynamics of invasive solid tumors in response to different chemotherapy strategies is crucial for the…”
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Biomechanics of Collective Cell Migration in Cancer Progression: Experimental and Computational Methods by Spatarelu, Catalina-Paula, Zhang, Hao, Nguyen, Dung Trung, Han, Xinyue, Liu, Ruchuan, Guo, Qiaohang, Notbohm, Jacob, Fan, Jing, Liu, Liyu, Chen, Zi

“…Cell migration is essential for regulating many biological processes in physiological or pathological conditions, including embryonic development and cancer…”
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P130Cas substrate domain is intrinsically disordered as characterized by single-molecule force measurements by Lu, Chen, Wu, Fei, Qiu, Wu, Liu, Ruchuan

“…P130Cas is a docking protein essentially coordinating tyrosine-kinase-based signaling pathways associated with cell adhesion and migration etc. Its central…”
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Mechanical Characterization of Protein L in the Low-Force Regime by Electromagnetic Tweezers/Evanescent Nanometry by Liu, Ruchuan, Garcia-Manyes, Sergi, Sarkar, Atom, Badilla, Carmen L., Fernández, Julio M.

“…Mechanical manipulation at the single molecule level of proteins exhibiting mechanical stability poses a technical challenge that has been almost exclusively…”
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SKPM study on organic-inorganic perovskite materials by Song, Kena, Wu, Yinghui, Chen, Xi, He, Yi, Liu, Liyu, Chen, Guo, Liu, Ruchuan

“…We report Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy (SKPM) studies on the surface morphology and surface potential properties of…”
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Biophysical properties of intrinsically disordered p130Cas substrate domain--implication in mechanosensing by Hotta, Kinya, Ranganathan, Soumya, Liu, Ruchuan, Wu, Fei, Machiyama, Hiroaki, Gao, Rong, Hirata, Hiroaki, Soni, Neelesh, Ohe, Takashi, Hogue, Christopher W V, Madhusudhan, M S, Sawada, Yasuhiro

“…Mechanical stretch-induced tyrosine phosphorylation in the proline-rich 306-residue substrate domain (CasSD) of p130Cas (or BCAR1) has eluded an experimentally…”
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A Single-Molecule Probe Based on Intramolecular Electron Transfer by Zang, Ling, Liu, Ruchuan, Holman, Michael W, Nguyen, Kim T, Adams, David M

“…Detecting structure, dynamics, and chemical reactions at the single-molecule level represents the ultimate degree of sensitivity for sensing and imaging. There…”
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Abnormal Aggregation of Invasive Cancer Cells Induced by Collective Polarization and ECM-Mediated Mechanical Coupling in Coculture Systems by Wang, Xiaochen, Chen, Shaohua, Nan, Hanqing, Liu, Ruchuan, Ding, Yu, Song, Kena, Shuai, Jianwei, Fan, Qihui, Zheng, Yu, Ye, Fangfu, Jiao, Yang, Liu, Liyu

“…Studies on pattern formation in coculture cell systems can provide insights into many physiological and pathological processes. Here, we investigate how the…”
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Plasmon-driven surface catalysis in hybridized plasmonic gap modes by Wang, Hui, Liu, Ting, Huang, Yingzhou, Fang, Yurui, Liu, Ruchuan, Wang, Shuxia, Wen, Weijia, Sun, Mengtao

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Studying and Switching Electron Transfer:  From the Ensemble to the Single Molecule by Holman, Michael W, Liu, Ruchuan, Zang, Ling, Yan, Ping, DiBenedetto, Sara A, Bowers, Robert D, Adams, David M

“…We report here on the systematic investigation of photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer (IET) in a series of donor−bridge−acceptor molecules as a means…”
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Revealing Two-State Protein−Protein Interactions of Calmodulin by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy by Liu, Ruchuan, Hu, Dehong, Tan, Xin, Lu, H. Peter

“…We report a single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and polarization study of conformational dynamics of calmodulin (CaM) interacting…”
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Imaging of Photoinduced Interfacial Charge Separation in Conjugated Polymer/Semiconductor Nanocomposites by Liu, Ruchuan

“…Though having attracted extensive interests as the substitution for dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cell, hybrid nanocomposites of conducting polymer, and inorganic…”
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Uncovering mechanosensing mechanisms at the single protein level using magnetic tweezers by Le, Shimin, Liu, Ruchuan, Lim, Chwee Teck, Yan, Jie

“…Mechanosensing of the micro-environments has been shown to be essential for cell survival, growth, differentiation and migration. The mechanosensing pathways…”
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Force-dependent conformational switch of α-catenin controls vinculin binding by Yao, Mingxi, Qiu, Wu, Liu, Ruchuan, Efremov, Artem K., Cong, Peiwen, Seddiki, Rima, Payre, Manon, Lim, Chwee Teck, Ladoux, Benoit, Mège, René-Marc, Yan, Jie

“…Force sensing at cadherin-mediated adhesions is critical for their proper function. α-Catenin, which links cadherins to actomyosin, has a crucial role in this…”
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"Nano-Fishnet" Structure Making Silk Fibers Tougher by Liu, Ruchuan, Deng, Qinqiu, Yang, Zhen, Yang, Daiwen, Han, Ming-Yong, Liu, Xiang Yang

“…Based on the combined technologies of atomic force microscopy, X‐ray diffraction/scattering, Fourier transform infrared spectra analysis, etc., it is…”
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