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Self‐Assembly: Reinforcement of Shear Thinning Protein Hydrogels by Responsive Block Copolymer Self‐Assembly (Adv. Funct. Mater. 9/2013)
Author(s) -
Glassman Matthew J.,
Chan Jacqueline,
Olsen Bradley D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370045
Subject(s) - materials science , copolymer , self healing hydrogels , composite material , self assembly , thinning , self healing , shear thinning , polymer chemistry , rheology , nanotechnology , polymer , ecology , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Triblock copoylmers with associative protein midblocks and thermoresponsive endblocks form shear thinning hydrogels that can be injected at low temperature. On page 1182 , Bradley D. Olsen and co‐workers report that when warmed to body temperature, the gel is responsively reinforced as the endblocks self‐assemble into a secondary block copolymer network, leading to large increases in modulus and yield stress, and decreased erosion and creep compliance.