Stretchable hydrogels with low hysteresis and anti-fatigue fracture based on polyprotein cross-linkers
High stretchability, low hysteresis and anti-fatigue fracture are essential for hydrogel-based devices but it is rare to achieve. Here the authors demonstrate a hydrogel design using tandem-repeat proteins as the cross-linkers and random coiled polymers as the percolating network which results in hi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17877-z |