Volume 59, Issue 12 p. 4971
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Back Cover: Biomimetic Strain-Stiffening Self-Assembled Hydrogels (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 12/2020)

Prof. Yiming Wang

Prof. Yiming Wang

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, 200237 Shanghai, China

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Prof. Zhi Xu

Prof. Zhi Xu

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, 200237 Shanghai, China

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Dr. Matija Lovrak

Dr. Matija Lovrak

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands

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Vincent A. A. le Sage

Vincent A. A. le Sage

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands

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Dr. Kai Zhang

Dr. Kai Zhang

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands

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Prof. Xuhong Guo

Prof. Xuhong Guo

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, 200237 Shanghai, China

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Dr. Rienk Eelkema

Dr. Rienk Eelkema

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands

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Dr. Eduardo Mendes

Dr. Eduardo Mendes

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands

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Prof. Jan H. van Esch

Corresponding Author

Prof. Jan H. van Esch

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands

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First published: 26 February 2020
Citations: 1

Graphical Abstract

Biomimetic strain-stiffening supramolecular hydrogels were prepared through the self-assembly of molecular gelators, as shown by J. H. van Esch and co-workers in their Communication on page 4830. Orthogonal self-assembly of the molecular gelators and lipids led to hydrogel networks embedded with liposomes being formed that also showed strain-stiffening behavior, thus resembling both the structures and mechanical responsiveness of biological tissue.

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