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ArticlePolymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.)2025

Ionic Crosslinking Improves the Stiffness and Toughness of Protein Hydrogels.

Linglan Fu, Hongbin Li

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Article in Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.), 2025. 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.

  1. In Situ Generation of Gel Foam via Heat-Accelerated Calcium Ion Release From Nano-CaCOAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. High Entanglement in Hydrogels: From Polymer Physics to Robust Mechanics.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Linglan FuDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Hongbin LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7813-1332

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-based hydrogels are promising materials for biomedical and materials science applications. However, engineering hydrogels with both high stiffness and high toughness, a key requirement for many applications, remains challenging. Recently, by using the denatured crosslinking method, we developed highly stiff and tough protein hydrogels based on the polyprotein (FL)

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alginatechain entanglementshigh toughness and stiffnesshybrid network hydrogelionic crosslinkingphotocrosslinkingprotein hydrogels

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PMID40584733
PMCPMC12199454

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