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Interlinked Macroporous 3D Scaffolds from Microgel Rods
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2022
Microgel rods with complementary reactive groups are produced via microfluidics with the ability to interlink in aqueous solution. The anisometric microgels jam and interlink into stable constructs with larger pores compared to spherical-based systems. Microgels modified with GRGDS-PC form macroporous 3D constructs that can be used for cell culture.
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Herein is a protocol for creating dry macroporous alginate scaffolds that mediate efficient viral gene transfer for use in genetic engineering of T cells, including T cells for CAR-T cell therapy. The scaffolds were shown to transduce activated primary T cells with >85% transduction.
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Dynamics of Structures
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2023
Source: Roberto Leon, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA It is rare nowadays that a whole year goes by without a major earthquake event wreaking havoc somewhere around the world. In some cases, like the 2005 Banda Ache earthquake in Indonesia, the damage involved large geographic areas and casualties in the six figures. In general, the number and intensity of earthquakes is not increasing, however, the vulnerability of the built environment is...
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Performance depends on more than total pore volume. Pore size influences which fluids, ions, and molecules can enter or move through the solid, while connectivity determines whether pathways remain continuous. Surface chemistry controls how those species interact with the pore walls. Together, these variables govern transport and access to chemically active regions, so similar-looking materials can behave differently.
Macroporous structure can be generated by templating, phase separation, foaming, or selective removal of a component. These routes represent different ways of creating internal voids, so the synthesis route becomes a design variable rather than merely a preparation detail. The relevant outcome is the resulting pore size, connectivity, and surface chemistry, which link architecture to material performance.
An open network can simplify the routes that fluids, ions, and molecules take through a solid, reducing diffusion limitations. Greater accessibility also exposes more active sites to the surrounding phase. This combination is valuable when performance depends on movement into the material and contact with chemically active regions throughout the structure.
Surface chemistry determines how molecules, ions, and fluids interact with pore walls, whereas size and connectivity describe physical access and continuity of pathways. Treating these factors separately helps explain why a material may permit movement through its pores yet still show different chemical behavior. This distinction matters in catalysts, adsorbents, and separation media.
During design, chemists must connect synthesis conditions with desired pore size, connectivity, and surface chemistry. Templating, phase separation, foaming, and selective component removal are available formation strategies, but no single route is identified as universally preferred. Selection therefore depends on the architecture and transport behavior needed for the target material.
Macroporous materials are relevant wherever species must move through a solid or reach internal sites. In catalysis, adsorbents, membranes, electrodes, and separation media, their open networks can support mass transport and reduce diffusion limitations. The same architecture therefore serves different functions, with performance depending on pore geometry and surface chemistry.
In chemical systems, pore networks act as internal routes for fluids, ions, and molecules, while pore walls provide surfaces for interaction. Researchers can therefore treat transport and interfacial chemistry as linked design problems: changing pore size or connectivity affects access, while changing surface chemistry affects how species behave after reaching the interior.
For electrodes and membranes, an open pore network can make internal regions more accessible to transported species and help limit diffusion constraints. In an electrode, this supports movement of ions through the solid; in a membrane, it supports passage through interconnected pathways. The useful outcome depends on how the architecture matches the material’s transport role.