Christos Leliopoulos

Ultra-Tough Hybrid Supramolecular Gelatin Hydrogels.

Natural load-bearing tissues derive mechanical performance from sequential self-assembly, in which collagen fibrils first compact and are then stabilized by enzymatic covalent crosslinking. Replicating this design in synthetic hydrogels while limiting swelling and preserving toughness and viscoelasticity remains challe...