Frankincense, a natural resin obtained from Boswellia species, has been extensively utilized in traditional medicine and has attracted significant attention in biomedical applications owing to its vast therapeutic effects. While many studies and revi...
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are at the heart of many novel devices due to their unique and often superior properties. For simplicity, 2D materials are often assumed to exist in their text-book form, i.e., as an ideal solid with no imperfections. H...
In the European Union, more than 20% of residential buildings were constructed prior to 1945 and are approaching the end of their projected lifespan. This necessitates renovations or demolitions of these structures. A study was conducted to analyze t...
The project involved applying gamification methodology in the teaching of engineering and materials science through the creation of a board game. This game facilitated the active study of the subject, encouraged self-assessment, and developed general...
A new algorithm, Material Generation Algorithm (MGA), was developed and applied for the optimum design of engineering problems. Some advanced and basic aspects of material chemistry, specifically the configuration of chemical compounds and chemical r...
The construction of tunnels involves massive excavation work and generates an enormous amount of waste slag. The improper disposal of the waste slag may cause environmental pollution. The treatment of waste slag is usually costly. In this study, the...
To recreate or substitute tissue in vivo is a complicated endeavor that requires biomaterials that can mimic the natural tissue environment. Gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) is created through covalent bonding of naturally derived polymer gelatin and met...
The recognition of liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) as a widespread organizing principle has revolutionized our view of cellular biochemistry. By forming biomolecular condensates, cells spatially orchestrate reactions without membranes. Ho...
Additive manufacturing of hydrogel-based scaffolds requires concurrent control of material rheology and extrusion dynamics, especially in multi-material architectures. In this work, we develop a modular multi-material extrusion-based 3D-printing plat...
During the construction of deep underground soft rock strata, the adverse effects of high geostress, unfavorable geological conditions, and excavation disturbances are significant, easily triggering Material-Stress-Induced (MSI) large deformation dis...
The material indices method has its application in both the design of construction materials and products. The method has evolved since the 1960s and has been described in German, Russian, Polish, and English scientific literature. In the 1990s, the...
Motorcycle clothing, due to the specific aspects related to its field of use, especially in the area of public safety, requires a special approach already at the design level. The aim of the interdisciplinary research was to develop textile motorcycl...
Engineering components often require different properties in different regions, and a single material may not provide all of them. Reliable joining is important for refractory metal–steel, dissimilar superalloy, and Ti/Mg combinations. Field-as...
Metallic components can gain defects such as dents, cracks, wear, heat checks, deformation, etc., that need to be repaired before reinserting into service for extending the lifespan of these parts. In this study, a hybrid process was developed to int...
Disruptions in the global market are influencing value and supply chains reminding businesses and industries that variability and diversity of supply chains may be essential for surviving and sustainability. Operations management of any business has...
This issue is proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of testing of materials in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this issue should relate to different aspects of testing of differe...
This study investigated the effect of substituting cement with incense ash on material properties and hydration of cement-based composite materials. Test specimens with incense ash replacing up to 30% (volume) of cement were produced and cured at 25...
Superhydrophobic surfaces have drawn attention from scientists and engineers because of their extreme water repellency. More interestingly, these surfaces have also demonstrated an infinite influence on civil engineering materials. In this feature ar...
In cancer immunotherapy, immune cells are the main force for tumor eradication. However, they appear to be dysfunctional due to the taming of the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment. Recently, many materials-engineered strategies are proposed to...
Various recent experimental observations indicate that growing cells on engineered materials can alter their physiology, function, and fate. This finding suggests that better molecular-level understanding of the interactions between cells and materia...
The development and application of polysaccharide materials are popular areas of research. Emerging polysaccharide materials have been widely used in tissue engineering fields such as in skin trauma, bone defects, cartilage repair and arthritis due t...
This article is a literature review aimed at presenting the general state of knowledge in manufacturing engineering and materials engineering to develop engineering materials applied for endodontic treatment as filling materials. Particular attention...
Smart or stimuli-responsive materials are an emerging class of materials used for tissue engineering and drug delivery. A variety of stimuli (including temperature, pH, redox-state, light, and magnet fields) are being investigated for their potential...
The structural and strength analysis of the materials used to construct an important engine element such as the turbine is of great significance, at both the design stage and during tests and training relating to emergency situations. This paper pres...
This study offers an integrated synthesis of polymeric materials in biomedical engineering, revealing four major and interlinked research domains: tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, drug delivery and nanomedicine, wound healing and antimic...
Tissue engineering endeavors to regenerate tissues and organs through appropriate cellular and molecular interactions at biological interfaces. To this aim, bio-mimicking scaffolds have been designed and practiced to regenerate and repair dysfunction...
With the rapid development of machine learning techniques, data-mining for processes in chemistry, materials, and engineering has been widely reported in recent years. In this discussion, we summarize some typical applications for process optimizatio...
This study presents an innovative approach to interdisciplinary education by integrating principles of biology, engineering, and art to foster holistic learning experiences for children. The focus lies in assembling mycelium bricks as engineered livi...
Injury to the central or peripheral nervous systems leads to the loss of cognitive and/or sensorimotor capabilities, which still lacks an effective treatment. Tissue engineering in the post-injury brain represents a promising option for cellular repl...
Engineering Materials courses are characterized by dense conceptual content, cumulative knowledge structures, and heterogeneous student learning trajectories. Existing teaching reform studies often focus on isolated instructional techniques or digita...
The technological requirement to optimize materials for energy and electronic materials has led to the use of defect engineering strategies. These strategies take advantage of the impact of composition, disorder, structure, and mechanical strain on t...
Given the incidence of corneal dysfunctions and diseases worldwide and the limited availability of healthy, human donors, investigators are working to generate engineered cellular and acellular therapeutic approaches as alternatives to corneal transp...
Neuroma, a pathological response to peripheral nerve injury, refers to the abnormal growth of nerve tissue characterized by disorganized axonal proliferation. Commonly occurring after nerve injuries, surgeries, or amputations, this condition leads to...
The mechanical properties of the structural components (i.e., columns and beams produced from engineered bamboo products), such as, bamboo scrimber (also known as parallel bamboo strand lumber, PBSL) and Laminated Bamboo Lumber (LBL), have attracted...
This study presents an innovative approach to interdisciplinary education by integrating biology, engineering and art principles to foster holistic learning experiences for middle-schoolers aged 11–12. The focus lies on assembling mycelium bricks as...
Metal replacements for automotive and aerospace components are already a consolidated reality, in light of the advantages offered by fibre-reinforced polymers, consisting of reduced costs, weight, and environmental impact. As a result, engineering ha...
The perspectives of technological advances needed for short term energetic transition are briefly reviewed and discussed critically. In particular, the technologies for the greenhouse gas emission-free production of electrical energy, its storage and...
The polymeric composite material with desirable features can be gained by selecting suitable biopolymers with selected additives to get polymer-filler interaction. Several parameters can be modified according to the design requirements, such as chemi...
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing many professions and research fields. Thus, the present study focuses on the implications that AI is having on research in materials science and engineering (MSE). To this end, a bibliometric...
The extracellular microenvironment regulates many of the mechanical and biochemical cues that direct musculoskeletal development and are involved in musculoskeletal disease. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a main component of this microenvironment....
Large Language Models (LLMs) excel in fields such as natural language understanding, generation, complex reasoning, and biomedicine. With advancements in materials science, traditional manual annotation methods for phase diagrams have become inadequa...
Conventional biomaterial is frequently used in the biomedical sector for various therapies, imaging, treatment, and theranostic functions. However, their properties are fixed to meet certain applications. Smart materials respond in a controllable and...
Silk and silk-like proteins emerge as programmable building blocks for high-performance fiber materials because they can integrate mechanical robustness, biological compatibility, environmental responsiveness, and degradability within genetically def...
This paper presents an analysis of the causes of damage and fragmentation to the high-pressure turbine (HTP) disc of the RD-33 engine mounted in the MIG-29 aircraft. The authors have carried out an analysis of the changes to the structure of the disc...
The use of naturally available materials not conforming to traditional specifications or standards in the base and sub-base layers of road pavement structures and stabilised with New-age (Nano) Modified Emulsions (NME) have been tested, implemented a...
The increasing use of reality-virtuality technologies (RVTs, which encompass virtual, augmented, and mixed reality) in different fields over the last decade is a phenomenon for which materials science and engineering (MSE) is no exception. To obtain...
Polyurethane grouting materials are polymer materials formed through the reaction of polyisocyanates and polyols. They play important roles in underground engineering, tunnel construction, and mining due to their fast reaction rate, high bonding stre...
The repair of severe bone defects is still a formidable clinical challenge, requiring the implantation of bone grafts or bone substitute materials. The development of three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting has received considerable attention in bone tiss...
Photocatalysis comprises a variety of light-driven processes in which solar energy is converted into green chemical energy to drive reactions such as water splitting for hydrogen energy generation, degradation of environmental pollutants, CO2 reducti...
Synthetic bone substitute materials (BSMs) are becoming the general trend, replacing autologous grafting for bone tissue engineering (BTE) in orthopedic research and clinical practice. As the main component of bone matrix, collagen type I has played...
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