title: Ultrastrong and Flexible Hybrid Hydrogels based on Solution Self-Assembly of Chitin Nanofibers in Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA).
abstract: We demonstrate ultrastrong and flexible hydrogels by self-assembling chitin nanofiber in the presence of gelatin methacryloyl. We tune the mechanical properties of the hydrogel with chitin nanofiber content and show proof-of-concept applications in engineering vascular tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (USA) ; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (USA).
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hassanzadeh
authors.affiliation: Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139 (USA) ; Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazemzadeh-Narbat
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (USA).
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenzweig
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (USA) ; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (USA).
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139 (USA) ; Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA) ; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115 (USA) ; Department of Bioindustrial Technologies, College of Animal Bioscience and Technology, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea ; Department of Physics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21569, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khademhosseini
authors.affiliation: Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139 (USA) ; Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA).
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Annabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (USA) ; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (USA).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rolandi