Air filtration is an urgent global need because, in many countries and regions, the high concentration of inhalable suspended particles air causing irreversible damage to human health. The use nanofibrous membranes can help reduce airborne particulate matter because their large surface area, extremely porous structure, adjustable pore size. However, despite unique properties, main drawbacks nan...

A field experiment was conducted at ARS, Bhavanisagar, during summer 2021, to investigate the effect of multi-nutrient-loaded electrospun PVA nanofibre on green gram. The developed from polyvinyl alcohol (10%) infused with macro and micronutrients. coated seeds recorded higher plant height (44.97 cm); crop growth rate (1.5- 18.43 g m-2 d-1); leaf area index (0.56-1.84 m2m-2) duration (13.29-34....

The actuation of a single hydrogel nanofibre is measured for the first time by AFM. The actuation stress generated was comparable to that produced by skeletal muscle and the actuation rate was significantly increased by the nanoscale dimensions of the fibre.

Spatiotemporal control of peptide nanofibre growth was achieved by photocleavage of a DNA-conjugated β-sheet forming peptide that is linked through a photoresponsive amino acid residue. Peptide nanofibres were selectively formed by photocleaving the conjugate on a complementary DNA-immobilised glass substrate.

Biodegradable polymer nanofibres have been extensively studied as cell culture scaffolds in tissue engineering. However, long-term in vitro studies of cell-nanofibre interactions were rarely reported and successful organ regeneration using tissue engineering techniques may take months (e.g. blood vessel tissue engineering). Understanding the long-term interaction between cells and nanofibrous s...

Muscle tissue engineering (TE) has not yet been clinically applied because of several problems. However, the field of skeletal muscle TE has been developing tremendously and new approaches and techniques have emerged. This review will highlight recent developments in the field of nanotechnology, especially electrospun nanofibre matrices, as well as potential cell sources for muscle TE. Importan...

Seed inoculation with microbial cells is one of the potential invigouration techniques for enhancing emergence and growth plants. Herein, we approached a new localized delivery beneficial (Methylobacterium) by invigorating seeds electrospun Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibre containing cells. Methylobacterium promoting bacteria that has recently drawn attention in agriculture, particularly droug...

In a non-reciprocal optical amplifier, gain depends on whether the light propagates forwards or backwards through device. Typically, one requires either magneto-optical effect, temporal modulation nonlinearity to break reciprocity. By contrast, here we demonstrate amplification of fibre-guided using Raman provided by spin-polarized atoms that are coupled nanofibre waist tapered fibre section. T...