From Soft Self-Healing Gels to Stiff Films in Suckerin-Based Materials Through Modulation of Crosslink Density andβ-Sheet Content

Nanoconfined β-Sheets Mechanically Reinforce the Supra-Biomolecular Network of Robust Squid Sucker Ring Teeth

(2014) Paul A. Guerette et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Tunable Elastomeric Silk Biomaterials

(2014) Benjamin P. Partlow et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomimetic Production of Silk-Like Recombinant Squid Sucker Ring Teeth Proteins

(2014) Dawei Ding et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Influence of the stiffness of three-dimensional alginate/collagen-I interpenetrating networks on fibroblast biology

(2014) Cristiana Branco da Cunha et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Tough Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Hydrogels with Hydrogen-Bonding Network Junctions

(2014) Mingyu Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Maintaining the pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells on gold nanoparticle layers with nanoscale but not microscale surface roughness

(2014) Zhonglin Lyu et al.   Nanoscale

Surface-initiated self-healing of polymers in aqueous media

(2014) B. Kollbe Ahn et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Facile and rapid ruthenium mediated photo-crosslinking of Bombyx mori silk fibroin

(2014) Jasmin L. Whittaker et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Functional Attachment of Soft Tissues to Bone: Development, Healing, and Tissue Engineering

(2013) Helen H. Lu et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Bioinspired Water-Enhanced Mechanical Gradient Nanocomposite Films That Mimic the Architecture and Properties of the Squid Beak

(2013) Justin D. Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science

(2013) Paul A Guerette et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Design of Biomimetic and Bioactive Cold Plasma-Modified Nanostructured Scaffolds for Enhanced Osteogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2013) Mian Wang et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Silk Self-Assembly Mechanisms and Control From Thermodynamics to Kinetics

(2012) Qiang Lu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Polymer Gradient Materials: Can Nature Teach Us New Tricks?

(2012) Kai U. Claussen et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Protein-based composite materials

(2012) Xiao Hu et al.   Materials Today

Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms of Bone and Nacre

(2011) Rizhi Wang et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Ruthenium-catalyzed photo cross-linking of fibrin-based engineered tissue

(2011) Jason W. Bjork et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The influence of elasticity and surface roughness on myogenic and osteogenic-differentiation of cells on silk-elastin biomaterials

(2011) Xiao Hu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli

(2011) N. Holten-Andersen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nanofibrous architecture of silk fibroin scaffolds prepared with a mild self-assembly process

(2010) Qiang Lu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Structural Hierarchy Governs Fibrin Gel Mechanics

(2010) Izabela K. Piechocka et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cross-linking Chemistry of Squid Beak

(2010) Ali Miserez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Origins of Elasticity in Intermediate Filament Networks

(2010) Yi-Chia Lin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Water-insoluble silk films with silk I structure

(2009) Qiang Lu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

In situ elasticity modulation with dynamic substrates to direct cell phenotype

(2009) April M. Kloxin et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Formation of silicone elastomer networks films with gradients in modulus

(2009) Julie A. Crowe-Willoughby et al.   POLYMER

BIOPHYSICS: Clutch Dynamics

(2008) Y. Aratyn-Schaus et al.   SCIENCE

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE