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Title:
Developing sustainable bioreactors using magnetically actuated smart materials.
Authors:
Chen L; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China., Zuo K; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China., Rene ER; Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, P.O. Box 3015, 2601DA, Delft, the Netherlands., Zhu H; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. Electronic address: zhuhongtao@bjfu.edu.cn.
Source:
Bioresource technology [Bioresour Technol] 2026 Jan; Vol. 439, pp. 133376. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Sep 22.
Publication Type:
Journal Article; Review
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Elsevier Applied Science Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9889523 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-2976 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09608524 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Bioresour Technol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Original Publication: Barking, Essex, England : New York, N.Y. : Elsevier Applied Science ; Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1991-
MeSH Terms:
Bioreactors* , Magnetic Fields* , Biotechnology*/methods
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: Bioreactor; Functional design; Low-frequency magnetic field; Magnetically actuated materials; Synthetic strategy
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20250924 Date Completed: 20251015 Latest Revision: 20251015
Update Code:
20251015
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133376
PMID:
40992578
Database:
MEDLINE

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Conventional bioreactors are often constrained in efficiency and sustainability due to the difficulty of regulating microbial cell behavior. Recent advances in nanomaterials engineering and biotechnology have revealed that magnetically actuated materials (MAMs) can generate spatially controllable magneto-mechanical forces under low-frequency magnetic fields (LFMF), enabling regulation of specific cellular behaviors or mechanical disruption of cell structures. This strategy has shown promise in environmental and biomedical applications. Integrating LFMF with MAMs could significantly improve bioreactor efficiency and sustainability, aligning with global demands for carbon reduction and environmental protection. However, this approach spans materials science, medicine, and microbiology, and its application in bioreactors remains theoretically underdeveloped, with current research still at a preliminary stage. In this review, we systematically summarize the properties, synthesis strategies, and functional designs of MAMs relevant to sustainable bioreactors, analyze different types of LFMF, and propose feasible integration schemes. Finally, the scientific limitations of LFMF + MAMs systems for autonomous, sustainable bioreactors are critically discussed, and future research directions are outlined.
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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.