Spider-silk inspired polymeric networks by harnessing the mechanical potential of β-sheets through network guided assembly
It is known the β-sheet structures in silk-inspired materials generate increased mechanical properties. Here, the authors report on a method of creating silk-inspired materials using in situ formation of β-sheets in an amorphous polymer to replicate the structure of silk and increase the mechanical...
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Main Authors: | Nicholas Jun-An Chan, Dunyin Gu, Shereen Tan, Qiang Fu, Thomas Geoffrey Pattison, Andrea J. O’Connor, Greg G. Qiao |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/e98214d914d34f0da0152e014d9b61f9 |
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