Strong, Tough, Stretchable, and Self-Adhesive Hydrogels from Intrinsically Unstructured Proteins.

Gonzalez, Mark A; Simon, Joseph R; Ghoorchian, Ali; Scholl, Zachary; Lin, Shaoting; Rubinstein, Michael; Marszalek, Piotr; Chilkoti, Ashutosh et al. · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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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.

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