| Literature DB >> 25155469 |
Chuang Li1, Ping Chen, Yu Shao, Xu Zhou, Yuzhou Wu, Zhongqiang Yang, Zhibo Li, Tanja Weil, Dongsheng Liu.
Abstract
A polypeptide-DNA hydrogel is prepared by employing the "X"-shaped DNA assembling structure as crosslinker. The hydrogel can be modified with multifunctional components (here fluorescent molecules as a model) and possesses excellent self-healing and thixotropic properties, enabling the direct-writing of arbitrary 3D structures. This study provides a simple, universal strategy for the assembly of functionalized hydrogels.Keywords: DNA hydrogels; multifunctional; polypeptides; self healing; thixotropic
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25155469 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401906
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Small ISSN: 1613-6810 Impact factor: 13.281