New biocompatible thermo-reversible hydrogels from PNiPAM-decorated amyloid fibrils.
New biocompatible temperature-responsive hydrogels have been obtained by using unprecedented low concentration of amyloid fibril-PNiPAM hybrids. The viscoelasticity of the hydrogels can be finely controlled by tuning the PNiPAM layers without changing the structure or concentration of the amyloid fibrils.
Food & Soft Materials Science, Institute of Food, Nutrition & Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
Chaoxu
C
Li
Mohammad M
MM
Alam
Sreenath
S
Bolisetty
Jozef
J
Adamcik
Raffaele
R
Mezzenga
D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry*; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry*; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D044367:Phase Transition; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013696:Temperature
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000682:Amyloid; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D020100:Hydrogels; C052970:poly-N-isopropylacrylamide