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Imani, Amin (author), Rahimi, E. (author), Lekka, Maria (author), Andreatta, Francesco (author), Magnan, Michele (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Raman, R. K. Singh (author), Fedrizzi, Lorenzo (author), Asselin, Edouard (author)Mg and its alloys are promising biodegradable materials for orthopedic implants and cardiovascular stents. The first interactions of protein molecules with Mg alloy surfaces have a substantial impact on their biocompatibility and biodegradation. We investigate the early-stage electrochemical, chemical, morphological, and electrical surface...journal article 2024
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Putra, N.E. (author), Moosabeiki, Vahid (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Additively manufactured (AM) biodegradable porous iron-manganese (FeMn) alloys have recently been developed as promising bone-substituting biomaterials. However, their corrosion fatigue behavior has not yet been studied. Here, we present the first study on the corrosion fatigue behavior of an extrusion-based AM porous Fe35Mn alloy under...journal article 2024
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Dong, J. (author)The treatment of largy bone defect remains challenging in clinics. All the clinically available bone grafts have their own limitations and are not ideal for the treatment. Therefore, developing a new generation of suitable bone substitutes is urgently needed. In the recent years, porous magnesium (Mg) has been extensively studied for orthopedic...doctoral thesis 2023
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Putra, N.E. (author)The treatment of large bone injuries continues to be challenging partially due to the limited quantity and quality of bone-replacing materials. Iron (Fe) and its alloys have been developed as a group of load-bearing biomaterials. Recent advances in additive manufacturing (AM) have enhanced the potential of Fe-based biomaterials as biodegradable...doctoral thesis 2023
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Rahimi, E. (author), Sanchis-Gual, Roger (author), Chen, Xiangzhong (author), Imani, Amin (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Asselin, Edouard (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Fedrizzi, Lorenzo (author), Pané, Salvador (author), Lekka, Maria (author)The last two decades have witnessed the emergence of micro- and nanoswimmers (MNSs). Researchers have invested significant efforts in engineering motile micro- and nanodevices to address current limitations in minimally invasive medicine. MNSs can move through complex fluid media by using chemical fuels or external energy sources such as...review 2023
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Putra, N.E. (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Klimopoulou, M. (author), Dong, J. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Huan, Z. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Chang, J. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)The development of biodegradable Fe-based bone implants has rapidly progressed in recent years. Most of the challenges encountered in developing such implants have been tackled individually or in combination using additive manufacturing technologies. Yet not all the challenges have been overcome. Herein, we present porous FeMn-akermanite...journal article 2023
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Garcia Rea, V.S. (author), Egerland Bueno, B. (author), Muñoz Sierra, Julian (author), Nair, Athira (author), Lopez Prieto, Israel J. (author), Cerqueda-García, Daniel (author), van Lier, J.B. (author), Spanjers, H. (author)Bitumen fume condensate (BFC) is a hazardous wastewater generated at asphalt reclamation and production sites. BFC contains a wide variety of potentially toxic organic pollutants that negatively affect anaerobic processes. In this study, we chemically characterized BFC produced at an industrial site and evaluated its degradation under...journal article 2023
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Khan, Muhammad Umair (author), Abbas, Yawar (author), Abunahla, H.N. (author), Rezeq, Moh'd (author), Alazzam, Anas (author), Alamoodi, Nahla (author), Mohammad, Baker (author)Environmentally friendly humidity sensors with high sensing performance are considered crucial components for various wearable electronic devices. We developed a rapid-response and durable Paper Cellulose Fiber/Graphene Oxide Matrix (PCFGOM) humidity sensor using an all-carbon functional material. The fabricated sensor demonstrated a high...journal article 2023
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Liao, Z. (author), Zoumhani, O. (author), Boutry, C.M. (author)The objective of this review is to investigate the potential of functionalized magnetic polymer composites for use in electromagnetic micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) for biomedical applications. The properties that make magnetic polymer composites particularly interesting for application in the biomedical field are their biocompatibility...review 2023
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Huang, Qian Ming (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Wang, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tan, C. (author), Luo, Anxin (author), Xu, Siyuan (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author)Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has aroused a wide range of research interests ranging from micro-nano energy devices to the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, the non-degradability of most-used synthetic polymer carbon sources poses a serious threat to the environment. In this work, ecofriendly chitosan-based derivatives, including...journal article 2023
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Li, Y. (author), Pavanram, P. (author), Bühring, J. (author), Rütten, S. (author), Schröder, K. U. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Pufe, T. (author), Wang, L. . (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Jahr, H. (author)Additively manufactured (AM) degradable porous metallic biomaterials offer unique opportunities for satisfying the design requirements of an ideal bone substitute. Among the currently available biodegradable metals, iron has the highest elastic modulus, meaning that it would benefit the most from porous design. Given the successful...journal article 2023
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Mirra, M. (author), Pagella, G. (author), Gard, W.F. (author), Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (author), van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (author)In the historic city centre of Amsterdam (NL), the most widespread foundation system consists of wooden piles. With the aim of modelling and predicting remaining service life of these foundations and the piles in particular, one of the possible methods for collecting data and monitoring their condition consists of micro-drilling (MD)...conference paper 2023
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Rahimi, E. (author), Kim, Donghoon (author), Offoiach, Ruben (author), Sanchis-Gual, Roger (author), Chen, Xiang Zhong (author), Taheri, P. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Fedrizzi, Lorenzo (author), Pané, Salvador (author), Lekka, Maria (author)Functional oxide nanoparticles are extensively utilized in the last decades for biomedical purposes due to their unique functional properties. Nevertheless, their biodegradation mechanism by biological species, particularly by proteins at oxide/protein interfaces, still remains limited. Here, a systematic approaches is provided to investigate...journal article 2023
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Ebrahimzadeh, S. (author), Wols, Bas (author), Azzellino, Arianna (author), Kramer, Franca (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Powdered activated carbon (PAC) is a promising technology to reduce organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water treatment plants and combined with biological treatment processes such as rapid sand filters (RSFs), has the potential to remove a broad range of OMPs during water treatment. However, the removal of OMPs by a combination of two...journal article 2022
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Krauklis, Andrey E. (author), Karl, Christian W. (author), Rocha, I.B.C.M. (author), Burlakovs, Juris (author), Ozola-Davidane, Ruta (author), Gagani, Abedin I. (author), Starkova, Olesja (author)Service lifetimes of polymers and polymer composites are impacted by environmental ageing. The validation of new composites and their environmental durability involves costly testing programs, thus calling for more affordable and safe alternatives, and modelling is seen as such an alternative. The state-of-the-art models are systematized in...review 2022
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Dong, J. (author), Tümer, N. (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Zhou, J. (author)Porous biodegradable Mg and its alloys are considered to have a great potential to serve as ideal bone substitutes. The recent progress in additive manufacturing (AM) has prompted its application to fabricate Mg scaffolds with geometrically ordered porous structures. Extrusion-based AM, followed by debinding and sintering, has been recently...journal article 2022
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Liu, Zhen (author), Solliec, Morgan (author), Papineau, Isabelle (author), Lompe, K.M. (author), Mohseni, Madjid (author), Bérubé, Pierre R. (author), Sauvé, Sébastien (author), Barbeau, Benoit (author)Biological ion exchange (BIEX) refers to operating ion exchange (IX) filters with infrequent regeneration to favor the microbial growth on resin surface and thereby contribute to the removal of organic matter through biodegradation. However, the extent of biodegradation on BIEX resins is still debatable due to the difficulty in discriminating...journal article 2022
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Putra, N.E. (author), Tigrine, A. (author), Aksakal, S. (author), de la Rosa, V. R. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Additively manufacturing of porous iron offers a unique opportunity to increase its biodegradation rate by taking advantage of arbitrarily complex porous structures. Nevertheless, achieving the required biodegradation profile remains challenging due to the natural passivation of iron that decrease the biodegradation rate. Moreover, the...journal article 2022
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Kruisdijk, E. (author), Stuyfzand, Pieter Jan (author), van Breukelen, B.M. (author)Degradation of 7 common pesticides (bentazon, boscalid, chloridazon, fluopyram, flutolanil, imidacloprid, and methoxyfenozide) and 2 metabolites of chloridazon (desphenyl-chloridazon, and methyl-desphenyl-chloridazon) was studied in an anoxic and brackish sandy aquifer before and during Aquifer Storage Transfer and Recovery (ASTR) operation....journal article 2022