One-Component DNA Mechanoprobes for Facile Mechanosensing in Photopolymerized Hydrogels and Elastome
Read the full article here: ACS Macro Lett. 10, 671 (2021). by G. Creusen, R. Schmidt and A. Walther DNA mechanosensors offer unique properties for mechano-adaptive and self-reporting materials, such as programmable bond strength and geometrical strain response, tunable fluorescent strain sensing, interfacing to biological systems, and the ability to store mechanical information. However, the facile incorporation of advanced DNA motifs into polymer networks and achieving robu