Non-equilibrium signal integration in hydrogels

Peter A. Korevaar; C. Nadir Kaplan; Alison Grinthal; Reanne M. Rust; Joanna Aizenberg

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14114-0

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Non-equilibrium signal integration in hydrogels

Peter A. Korevaar,
C. Nadir Kaplan,
Alison Grinthal,
Reanne M. Rust,
Joanna Aizenberg

Affiliations

Peter A. Korevaar: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
C. Nadir Kaplan: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Alison Grinthal: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Reanne M. Rust: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Joanna Aizenberg: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14114-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The role of hydrogels in a wide range of applications stems from its stimuli-responsive properties, but coupling of separate stimuli in hydrogels is not often shown. Here the authors demonstrate the emergence of counterintuitive transient phenomena in a polyacrylic acid hydrogel caused by distinct responses to different combinations of rates and configurations of sequential stimuli.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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