Controlled release of microorganisms from engineered living materials
Manivannan Sivaperuman Kalairaj, Iris George, Sasha M. George, Sofía E. Farfán, Yoojin Lee, Laura K. Rivera‐Tarazona, Suitu Wang, Mustafa K. Abdelrahman, Seelay Tasmim, Asaf Dana, Philippe E. Zimmern, Sargurunathan Subashchandrabose, Taylor H. Ware
This paper demonstrates a method to release probiotics from hydrogels using mechanical fracture, enabling sustained and controllable release of metabolically active microbes.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · Jul 8, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering