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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Li, Linqing
• Kiick, Kristi L

Titel

Resilin-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications

Ist Teil von

• ACS macro letters, 2013-08, Vol.2 (8), p.635-640

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Resilin, an insect structural protein, exhibits rubber-like elasticity characterized by low stiffness, high extensibility, efficient energy storage, and exceptional resilience and fatigue lifetime. The outstanding mechanical properties of natural resilin have motivated recent research in the engineering of resilin-like polypeptide-based biomaterials, with a wide range of applications including use as biorubbers, nanosprings, elements in biosensors, and tissue engineering scaffolds.