| Literature DB >> 28060425 |
Mark A Gonzalez1, Joseph R Simon2, Ali Ghoorchian2, Zachary Scholl3, Shaoting Lin4, Michael Rubinstein5, Piotr Marszalek1, Ashutosh Chilkoti2, Gabriel P López2,6, Xuanhe Zhao1,4,7.
Abstract
Strong, tough, stretchable, and self-adhesive hydrogels are designed with intrinsically unstructured proteins. The extraordinary mechanical properties exhibited by these materials are enabled by an integration of toughening mechanisms that maintain high elasticity and dissipate mechanical energy within the protein networks.Keywords: bioinspired materials; hydrogels; recombinant proteins; unstructured polypeptides
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28060425 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604743
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849