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ArticleNature communications2023

Bioinspired mechanical mineralization of organogels.

Jorge Ayarza, Jun Wang, Hojin Kim, Pin-Ruei Huang, Britteny Cassaidy, Gangbin Yan, Chong Liu, Heinrich M Jaeger, Stuart J Rowan, Aaron P Esser-Kahn

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jorge Ayarza *Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Jun Wang *Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Hojin KimPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5922-2490
Pin-Ruei HuangPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Britteny CassaidyPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Gangbin YanPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-9063
Chong LiuPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4851-7888
Heinrich M JaegerJames Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Stuart J RowanPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8176-0594
Aaron P Esser-KahnPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. aesserkahn@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-0951

Funding

NSF | Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences | Division of Chemistry (CHE) CHE-1710116NSF | Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences | Division of Materials Research (DMR) DMR-2011854United States Department of Defense | United States Air Force | AFMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AF Office of Scientific Research) COE 5-29168United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command | Army Research Office (ARO) W911NF-17-1-0598 (71524-CH)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mineralization is a long-lasting method commonly used by biological materials to selectively strengthen in response to site specific mechanical stress. Achieving a similar form of toughening in synthetic polymer composites remains challenging. In previous work, we developed methods to promote chemical reactions via the piezoelectrochemical effect with mechanical responses of inorganic, ZnO nanoparticles. Herein, we report a distinct example of a mechanically-mediated reaction in which the spherical ZnO nanoparticles react themselves leading to the formation of microrods composed of a Zn/S mineral inside an organogel. The microrods can be used to selectively create mineral deposits within the material resulting in the strengthening of the overall resulting composite.

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PMID38097549
PMCPMC10721619

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