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SUBMITTER: Lin S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6535018 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190508 21
Skeletal muscles possess the combinational properties of high fatigue resistance (1,000 J/m<sup>2</sup>), high strength (1 MPa), low Young's modulus (100 kPa), and high water content (70 to 80 wt %), which have not been achieved in synthetic hydrogels. The muscle-like properties are highly desirable for hydrogels' nascent applications in load-bearing artificial tissues and soft devices. Here, we propose a strategy of mechanical training to achieve the aligned nanofibrillar architectures of skele ...[more]