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Biomimetic Materials: Stretch‐Healable Molecular Nanofibers (Adv. Theory Simul. 10/2020)
Author(s) -
Han Yanxiao,
Langer Michal,
Medved’ Miroslav,
Otyepka Michal,
Král Petr
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.068
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2513-0390
DOI - 10.1002/adts.202070023
Subject(s) - nanofiber , coronene , materials science , nanotechnology , covalent bond , molecular dynamics , silk , molecule , polymer science , composite material , chemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry
Ultra‐stretchable self‐healable nanofibers have been designed by Michal Otyepka, Petr Král, and co‐workers, inspired by spider silk, which has fascinating properties and molecular structures. The nanofibers, reported in article number 2000094, are formed by assemblies of coronene and perfluorocoronene molecular flakes covalently connected by short flexible molecular linkers. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the speed of forced stretching and released reassembly of the nanofibers depend on the environment humidity.