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SUBMITTER: Fern J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6138645 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180914 1
Soft materials that swell or change shape in response to external stimuli show extensive promise in regenerative medicine, targeted therapeutics, and soft robotics. Generally, a stimulus for shape change must interact directly with the material, limiting the types of stimuli that may be used and necessitating high stimulus concentrations. Here, we show how DNA strand-displacement controllers within hydrogels can mediate size change by interpreting, amplifying, and integrating stimuli and releasi ...[more]