Nature Communications (Nov 2021)
A sandcastle worm-inspired strategy to functionalize wet hydrogels
- Donghui Zhang,
- Jingjing Liu,
- Qi Chen,
- Weinan Jiang,
- Yibing Wang,
- Jiayang Xie,
- Kaiqian Ma,
- Chao Shi,
- Haodong Zhang,
- Minzhang Chen,
- Jianglin Wan,
- Pengcheng Ma,
- Jingcheng Zou,
- Wenjing Zhang,
- Feng Zhou,
- Runhui Liu
Affiliations
- Donghui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Jingjing Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Qi Chen
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Weinan Jiang
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Yibing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Jiayang Xie
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Kaiqian Ma
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Chao Shi
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Haodong Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Minzhang Chen
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Jianglin Wan
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Pengcheng Ma
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Jingcheng Zou
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Wenjing Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Research Center for Biomedical Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Feng Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Runhui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26659-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Functionalisation of hydrogels can be difficult to achieve and often requires modification of polymers before gelation. Here, the authors report on a sandcastle worm inspired adhesive tripeptide for the post gelation functionalisation of wet hydrogels, demonstrating the addition of different functionality.
