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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15312-x