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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"protein hydrogels"”.
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Multiphoton lithography of mechanically and functionally tunable hydrogels
… from a range of materials, including protein hydrogels. MPL can be used to fabricate functional hydrogels on the scale of 100 μm, with features on the order of 1 μm. This dissertation examines existing MPL techniques to discover ways in which current processes can be modified to …
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Facile protein and amino acid substitution reactions and their characterization using thermal, mechanical and optical techniques
… objectives. The first objective was to quantify protein and amino acid substitution reactions. Michael addition reactions were used to modify the amino acids and protein. Amino acids alanine, cysteine, and lysine, and protein ovalbumin (OA) were substituted with different concentrations of ethyl …
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Controlled self-assembly of natural proteins into hierarchically structured functional materials
Protein self-assembly offers key strategies for nature to generate high-performance and multifunctional proteinaceous materials. Inspired by nature’s approach, there is growing interest in the exploitation of self-assembled protein structures as a basis of artificial protein materials. To this end, …
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Synthesis, nanostructure, and mechanics of thermoresponsively tough biomaterials from artificial polypeptides
Artificial protein hydrogels have attracted interest as injectable fillers and scaffolds for tissue engineering and regeneration, but the same features that enable minimally-invasive implantation of these biomaterials typically make them susceptible to mechanical degradation in the tissue …
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Rational Design and Scalable Production of De novo Autogenic Engineered Living Materials
… materials" that combine biology with advanced protein engineering to form dynamic, self-assembling structures. By harnessing the natural abilities of bacteria, the research demonstrates how these microorganisms can be reprogrammed to produce protein fibers that serve as the foundation for …