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Mark A Gonzalez1, Joseph R Simon2, Ali Ghoorchian2
1NSF Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|January 7, 2017
Abstract:
Strong, tough, stretchable, and self-adhesive hydrogels are designed with intrinsically unstructured proteins. The extraordinary mechanical properties exhibited by these materials are enabled by an integration of toughening mechanisms that maintain high elasticity and dissipate mechanical energy within the protein networks.

