Search Results - "Zhao, Tiankai"
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Mechanotargeting: Mechanics‐Dependent Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-07-2018)“…Targeted delivery of nanoparticle (NP)‐based diagnostic and therapeutic agents to malignant cells and tissues has exclusively relied on chemotargeting, wherein…”
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Actin-ring segment switching drives nonadhesive gap closure
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-12-2020)“…Gap closure to eliminate physical discontinuities and restore tissue integrity is a fundamental process in normal development and repair of damaged tissues and…”
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Elastocapillarity at Cell-Matrix Contacts
Published in Physical review. X (01-06-2022)“…At cell-matrix contacts, an elastocapillary effect arises in addition to active cell traction. The coexistence of active extracellular traction and other…”
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Endothelial Cell Selectivity to Nanoparticles Depends on Mechanical Phenotype
Published in Advanced materials interfaces (01-06-2023)“…Endothelial cells (ECs) elongate in the direction of blood flow, are stiffer, and are considered atheroprotective in areas of the vasculature where…”
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A full contraction-reaction-diffusion model for pattern formation in geometrically confined microtissues
Published in Applied mathematical modelling (01-03-2023)“…•The pattern formation of morphogens is studied in geometrically-confined microtissues during early embryogenesis.•The microtissue consisted of human stem…”
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The analytical solution to the migration of an epithelial monolayer with a circular spreading front and its implications in the gap closure process
Published in Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology (01-08-2023)“…The coordinated behaviors of epithelial cells are widely observed in tissue development, such as re-epithelialization, tumor growth, and morphogenesis. In…”
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Study of crack propagation behavior in single crystalline tetragonal zirconia with the phase field method
Published in Engineering fracture mechanics (01-07-2016)“…•Crack propagation in tetragonal zirconia is studied with the phase field method.•The phase field model of crack propagation is validated with a numerical…”
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Spatiotemporal Oscillation in Confined Epithelial Motion upon Fluid-to-Solid Transition
Published in ACS nano (27-04-2021)“…Fluid-to-solid phase transition in multicellular assembly is crucial in many developmental biological processes, such as embryogenesis and morphogenesis…”
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Semi-embedded flexible multifunctional sensor for on-site continuous monitoring of plant microclimate
Published in Computers and electronics in agriculture (01-01-2024)“…•Developed a semi-embedded flexible circuit printing method.•Fabricated several plant wearables feature excellent conductivity, bendability, and fatigue…”
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A contraction-reaction-diffusion model for circular pattern formation in embryogenesis
Published in Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids (01-12-2021)“…Reaction-diffusion models have been widely used to elucidate pattern formation in developmental biology. More recently, they have also been applied in modeling…”
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A High-Resolution Film-Resistance Plantar Pressure Sensor
Published in IEEE sensors journal (15-12-2023)“…It is a crucial point to monitor real-time plantar pressure for application in physical condition assessment and sports injury diagnosis. In this work, we…”
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Active cell-matrix coupling regulates cellular force landscapes of cohesive epithelial monolayers
Published in npj computational materials (14-03-2018)“…Epithelial cells can assemble into cohesive monolayers with rich morphologies on substrates due to competition between elastic, edge, and interfacial effects…”
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Extracellular and intercellular force distribution in circularly shaped epithelia
Published in Extreme Mechanics Letters (01-09-2019)“…Stress homeostasis in multicellular organisms is essential to tissue growth, development, and repair. However, how cellular forces are generated and…”
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Buckling Analysis of a Nanowire Lying on Winkler-Pasternak Elastic Foundation
Published in Mechanics of advanced materials and structures (04-05-2015)“…This article studies the axial buckling of a nanowire (NW) lying on Winkler-Pasternak substrate medium with the Timoshenko beam theory. The surface effect of…”
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Mechanics of Cell-Substrate Interaction
Published 01-01-2020“…Mechanics of cell-substrate interactions has recently emerged one of the most exciting topics to study, propelled by the discovery of unusual fundamental…”
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A network-based visco-hyperelastic constitutive model for optically clear adhesives
Published in Extreme Mechanics Letters (01-02-2022)“…Optically clear adhesives (OCAs) are widely used as bonding materials in display industries. Accurate characterizations on the mechanical behaviors of OCAs are…”
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A traction force threshold signifies metastatic phenotypic change in multicellular epithelia
Published in Soft matter (18-09-2019)“…Cancer metastasis has been believed as a genetically programmed process that is commonly marked by biochemical signals. Here using extracellular matrix control…”
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Physical forces guide curvature sensing and cell migration mode bifurcating
Published in PNAS nexus (01-08-2023)“…The ability of cells to sense and adapt to curvy topographical features has been implicated in organ morphogenesis, tissue repair, and tumor metastasis…”
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Endothelial Cell Selectivity to Nanoparticles Depends on Mechanical Phenotype (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 18/2023)
Published in Advanced materials interfaces (01-06-2023)“…Mechanotargeting of Atherogenic Endothelium In article number 202300137, Pouria Fattahi, Sulin Zhang, Peter J. Butler, and colleagues provide direct evidence…”
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Epithelial-substrate coupling strength regulates the landscape of the traction in cohesive monolayers: a parametric study and a revisit to "size effect"
Published 08-05-2023“…Epithelial cells can assemble into cohesive colonies and collectively interact with substrates by generating extracellular forces through focal adhesions…”
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