Issue 46, 2019
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Soft Matter

Mechano-chromic protein–polymer hybrid hydrogel to visualize mechanical strain†

Masumi Taki, ORCID logo ‡*ab   Tadahiro Yamashita, ORCID logo ‡ac   Kazuki Yatabeb  and  Viola Vogel ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
E-mail: viola.vogel@hest.ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 08 87

b Department of Engineering Science, Bioscience and Technology Program, The Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC), 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
E-mail: taki@pc.uec.ac.jp
Tel: +81-42-443-5980

c Department of System Design Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan

Abstract

In a proof-of-concept study, a mechano-chromic hydrogel was synthesized here, via chemoenzymatic click conjugation of fluorophore-labeled fibronectin into a synthetic hydrogel co-polymers (i.e., poly-N-isopropylacrylamide/polyethylene glycol). The optical FRET response could be tuned by macroscopic stretch.

Graphical abstract: Mechano-chromic protein–polymer hybrid hydrogel to visualize mechanical strain

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SM00380K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Feb 2019
Accepted
20 Sep 2019
First published
02 Oct 2019

Soft Matter, 2019,15, 9388-9393

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Mechano-chromic protein–polymer hybrid hydrogel to visualize mechanical strain

M. Taki, T. Yamashita, K. Yatabe and V. Vogel, Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 9388 DOI: 10.1039/C9SM00380K

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