Smart hybrid materials by conjugation of responsive polymers to biomacromolecules

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-149

  Cobo, Isidro ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Sumerlin, Brent S ^c   Perrier, Sébastien ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Tyco Fire Protection Products   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; POLYMERS;

BIOMACROMOLECULES; COVALENT ATTACHMENT; RESPONSIVE POLYMER; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMER; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

EID: 84925498887     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4106     Document Type: Article

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