Modular Design of Programmable Mechanofluorescent DNA Hydrogels

Mechanosensitive materials typically lack complex response patterns due to difficult synthetic methods. Here, the authors introduce FRET-based DNA tension probes into macroscopic 3D DNA hydrogels to prepare mechanofluorescent materials with programmable sacrificial bonds and stress relaxation behavi...

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Main Authors: Remi Merindol, Giovanne Delechiave, Laura Heinen, Luiz Henrique Catalani, Andreas Walther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08428-2