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The CATCH project investigates catch bonds, unique molecular bonds that strengthen under tension, to enhance the mechanical properties of synthetic materials. By creating these bonds, the project aims to develop bio-inspired soft materials with programmable mechanics, crucial for applications in tissue engineering and…
All primary chemical bonds, covalent and supramolecular, weaken under tension.
This imposes fundamental limits on the mechanical stability of molecules and their materials.
Nature has evolved to secondary bonds that break through these limits and strengthen under tension.
These so-called catch bonds, which know no synthetic equivalent to date, are used in Nature as a rule, rather than exception, in scenarios where supramolecular bonds are exposed to large stresses.
This change in the fundament…
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