Mechanical Properties of Protein-Based Hydrogels Derived from Binary Protein Mixtures-A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT: Hydrogels based on natural polymers such as proteins are considered biocompatible and, therefore, represent an interesting class of materials for application in the field of biomedicine and high-performance materials. However, there is a lack of understanding of the proteins which are able to form hydrogel networks by photoinduced dityrosine crosslinking as well as a profound knowledge of the formed network itself and the mechanisms which are responsible for the resulting mechanical properties of such protein-based hydrogels. In this study, casein, bovine serum albumin, α-amylase, and a hydrophobic elastin-like protein were used to prepare binary protein mixtures with defined concentration ratios. After polymerization, the mechanical properties of the resulting homopolymeric and copolymeri

SUBMITTER: Haas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9964579 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature