From soft self-healing gels to stiff films in suckerin-based materials through modulation of crosslink density and β-sheet content

• Main Authors: Ding, Dawei, Guerette, Paul A., Fu, Jing, Zhang, Lihong, Irvine, Scott Alexander, Miserez, Ali
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98566; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38596
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Suckerins are block-copolymer-like structural proteins constituting the building blocks of the strong squid sucker-ring teeth. Here, recombinant suckerin-19 is processed into biomaterials spanning a wide range of elasticity, from very soft hydrogels to stiff films with elastic modulus in the gigapas...