Biointerphases

Biointerphases is an interdisciplinary AVS journal on soft matter interfaces: chemistry, physics, engineering, theory & modelling.

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Biointerphases Volume 21, Issue 2 is now live! 🎉

Click here to read articles about lipid membrane composition and fighting biliary stent occlusion.

https://t.co/Og8Mh8qULe

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We were proud to sponsor awards at the 8th Pre- #EGU26 General Assembly Workshop on Bioaerosols & Ice Nucleation, held in Vienna May 2-3.
Congratulations to our winners Louis Castin, Haajira Beevi Habeebrahuman, Shashi Prabha Kumari, & Vibhaw Shrivastava!
https://t.co/tHldazEH1g

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🧊 This cool article is hot off the presses!🔥

Authors explore how ice nucleating proteins bind to surfaces for progress in bio-inspired freezing applications incl. snowmaking, food science, cryo-med, & icing & anti-icing materials.❄️

https://t.co/pKwAEHcdkW

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Snail shell fragments from Messor wasmanni ant middens show their mandibles (made of zinc-enriched chitin fibers) can crush juvenile but not adult shells, suggesting predator–prey coevolution. Future work may reveal more about chitin–metal composites.
https://t.co/3KJ1cpzzRF

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Biofilm–biomaterial analysis is shifting to real-time electrochemical monitoring of adhesion, growth & metabolism at microscale. Challenges include biofouling, interference, drift & poor standardization; advances aim at stable, multifunctional sensors.

https://t.co/u2gnTlEzYs

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This highly-cited review from @UMaine is included in our Special Topic Collection on #PFAS at the Interface of Biological and Environmental Systems.

Read here: https://t.co/e6dwRr1Lq7

Check out the entire collection here 👉https://t.co/zCmJULHAUe

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Silane coupling agents are crucial for enhancing biocompatibility in medical devices. Their stability & versatility make them perfect for enhancing hydrogels & creating advanced surface coatings.
Check out one of our top reviews on these versatile agents: https://t.co/557ZwObrew

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📣 The latest issue of Biointerphases is live! 📣

Read reviews and original research from Nanyang Normal University, @UniLeipzig (featured on our cover!), and @UofNorthDakota.

https://t.co/iw6oR1rOim

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3D bioprinting offers personalized solutions for severe skin injuries, recreating complex layers & appendages while reducing infection & immune rejection. Despite rapid growth, challenges remain in vascularization, scalability, & regulatory approval.

https://t.co/RRTnfsx2if

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Wencke Krings leads a review exploring how diet shapes the form & mechanics of mollusks' radular teeth through echomechanics. Categorizing them like human tools, this aims to inspire engineering innovations & explore responses to environmental changes. https://t.co/tfltEzLy2H

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Condensed droplet polymerization allows solvent-free creation of tunable polymer dome microlenses that enhance live-cell imaging. These adaptable platforms are useful for scaffolds, diagnostics, drug delivery, & probing curvature-mediated cell signaling. https://t.co/lVeotUBOtf

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⏰The latest issue of Biointerphases has dropped! 👇

Check it out to read articles from @UTAustin, @UOW, @UW, @tudresden_de, and others.

https://t.co/SQHBS2ouqx

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Authors from @UW use AFM & Tof-SIMS to study hydrolytic & enzymatic degradation of polyurethanes, showing polymer surface roughness in aqueous conditions is affected by bulk composition. Incorporating collagenase-cleavable peptides accelerated degradation.
https://t.co/7OtYdahJCN

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Biointerphases was pleased to present poster awards at the 10th Chinese National Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, held in Xi'an, China this past October. Congratulations to the winners! 🎉

https://t.co/S5hGWfPgWr

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Between authors, reviewers, editors, & readers, RESEARCHERS are central to everything we do! Thank you to all researchers who engaged with us in 2025.

We look forward to continuing our focus on researchers &their contributions in 2026. Happy New Year from Biointerphases! 🎆

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Happy to share our latest publication from the @iiscbangalore @RamrayB, now available online and featured on the cover of @biointerphases. This cool and highly interesting paper focuses on the proteoglycan Decorin and its role in ovarian cancer progression.

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Ti-NW-Mg modified titanium implants were synthesized & shown to improve bone formation — reducing macrophage growth & inflammation while regulating macrophage polarization. The results suggest a promising implant material for enhancing osteogenesis.
https://t.co/BQZvMVsBC7

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Soluble factors secreted by human osteoblasts stimulate stem cell differentiation & calcium phosphate mineralization, & surface modifications of implants promote bone-like matrix formation, which could reduce implant healing time & failure rates.
https://t.co/wIVvM17Elg

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Surface force apparatus measurements & microscopy show the concentration of calcium ions affects the aggregation, cohesion & intefacial adhesion of ascidian adhesive protein 1 (AAP-1)—data valuable in creating antifouling coatings & biomimetic adhesives.
https://t.co/qrcyt9gZti

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High-speed atomic force microscopy enabled direct visualization of single-molecule adsorption dynamics of bovine serum albumin and fibrinogen on silica nanoparticle coatings, revealing distinct, protein-specific and dynamic interfacial mechanisms.
https://t.co/G1HfOr0SnD