Fungal chitin particles reinforcing a flexible hydrogel (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Fungal chitin particles reinforcing a flexible hydrogel

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Fungal chitin particles reinforce a flexible, dog-bone-shaped hydrogel much like rebar strengthens concrete. Hydrogel-forming polymer chains and fungi, the source of the chitin, appear in the background. 

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Andrew Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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