Control of Nanoscale In Situ Protein Unfolding Defines Network Architecture and Mechanics of Protein Hydrogels

In Situ Phase Transition of Elastin-Like Polypeptide Chains Regulates Thermoresponsive Properties of Elastomeric Protein-Based Hydrogels

(2020) Tianyu Duan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Role of Sheet-Edge Interactions in β-sheet Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels

(2020) Jacek K. Wychowaniec et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Fabrication of Bioinspired Hydrogels: Challenges and Opportunities

(2020) Hailong Fan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Cytoskeleton-Inspired Artificial Protein Design to Enhance Polymer Network Elasticity

(2020) David S. Knoff et al.   MACROMOLECULES

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Synthetic Protein Hydrogels

(2020) Ying Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Cation-induced shape programming and morphing in protein-based hydrogels

(2020) Luai R. Khoury et al.   Science Advances

Composite hydrogels reinforced by cellulose-based supramolecular filler

(2020) Akihide Sugawara et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Fortified Coiled Coils: Enhancing Mechanical Stability with Lactam or Metal Staples

(2020) Patricia López-García et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Network Growth and Structural Characteristics of Globular Protein Hydrogels

(2020) Benjamin S. Hanson et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Influence of Fluorination on Single-Molecule Unfolding and Rupture Pathways of a Mechanostable Protein Adhesion Complex

(2020) Byeongseon Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mimicking Active Biopolymer Networks with a Synthetic Hydrogel

(2019) Marcos Fernández-Castaño Romera et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heterogeneous and rate-dependent streptavidin–biotin unbinding revealed by high-speed force spectroscopy and atomistic simulations

(2019) Felix Rico et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine-inspired polymers in medical adhesion

(2019) Diederik W.R. Balkenende et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Correlated Rigidity Percolation and Colloidal Gels

(2019) Shang Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Colloidal gel elasticity arises from the packing of locally glassy clusters

(2019) Kathryn A. Whitaker et al.   Nature Communications

Mussel-Inspired Injectable Hydrogel Adhesive Formed under Mild Conditions Features Near-Native Tissue Properties

(2019) Kongchang Wei et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Designing Peptide/Graphene Hybrid Hydrogels through Fine-Tuning of Molecular Interactions

(2018) Jacek K. Wychowaniec et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Fracturing of topological Maxwell lattices

(2018) Leyou Zhang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Rationally designed synthetic protein hydrogels with predictable mechanical properties

(2018) Junhua Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanical Softening of a Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Protein Due to Temperature Induced Flexibility at the Core

(2018) Shrabasti Bhattacharya et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

General Principle for Fabricating Natural Globular Protein-Based Double-Network Hydrogels with Integrated Highly Mechanical Properties and Surface Adhesion on Solid Surfaces

(2018) Ziqing Tang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Single-molecule force spectroscopy reveals folding steps associated with hormone binding and activation of the glucocorticoid receptor

(2018) Thomas Suren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A review on polymeric hydrogel membranes for wound dressing applications: PVA-based hydrogel dressings

(2017) Elbadawy A. Kamoun et al.   Journal of Advanced Research

Rationally Designed Redox-Sensitive Protein Hydrogels with Tunable Mechanical Properties

(2016) Ming-Liang Zhou et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Protein unfolding in crowded milieu: what crowding can do to a protein undergoing unfolding?

(2016) Olga V. Stepanenko et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS

Metal Chelation Dynamically Regulates the Mechanical Properties of Engineered Protein Hydrogels

(2016) Na Kong et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Metal Chelation Dynamically Regulates the Mechanical Properties of Engineered Protein Hydrogels

(2016) Na Kong et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Fundamentals of double network hydrogels

(2015) Qiang Chen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Rationally Designed Dynamic Protein Hydrogels with Reversibly Tunable Mechanical Properties

(2014) Na Kong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Simple approach to reinforce hydrogels with cellulose nanocrystals

(2014) Jun Yang et al.   Nanoscale

Mantid—Data analysis and visualization package for neutron scattering andμSR experiments

(2014) O. Arnold et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Modeling semiflexible polymer networks

(2014) C. P. Broedersz et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Towards design principles for determining the mechanical stability of proteins

(2013) Toni Hoffmann et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Structure and mechanical response of protein hydrogels reinforced by block copolymer self-assembly

(2013) Matthew J. Glassman et al.   Soft Matter

Forced protein unfolding leads to highly elastic and tough protein hydrogels

(2013) Jie Fang et al.   Nature Communications

Strong fiber-reinforced hydrogel

(2012) Animesh Agrawal et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Shear rheology of hard-sphere, dispersed, and aggregated suspensions, and filler-matrix composites

(2012) Diego B. Genovese   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Synthetically Simple, Highly Resilient Hydrogels

(2012) Jun Cui et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles

(2010) Shanshan Lv et al.   NATURE

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

Force and function: probing proteins with AFM-based force spectroscopy

(2009) Elias M Puchner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Ligand Binding Mechanics of Maltose Binding Protein

(2009) Morten Bertz et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Rational design and application of responsive α-helical peptide hydrogels

(2009) Eleanor F. Banwell et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Elasticity of Arrested Short-Ranged Attractive Colloids: Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Glasses

(2009) Alessio Zaccone et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Mechanical Unfoldons as Building Blocks of Maltose-binding Protein

(2008) Morten Bertz et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY