Back Cover: Biomimetic Strain-Stiffening Self-Assembled Hydrogels (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 12/2020)
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.