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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Macromol Mater Eng. 2015 Mar 1;300(3):369–376. doi: 10.1002/mame.201400271

Figure 2. Synthesis and attachment of I918 muscle-mimetic hydrogels.

Figure 2

(A) Rendering of the I91 protein highlighting Tyr9, the residue targeted in the photocrosslinking strategy. PDB code: 1TIT. (B) Photograph of illuminator configuration while irradiating PTFE tubing loaded with photoactivated I918 concentrate. (C) A typically sized, translucent, ~1 cm I918 hydrogel. (D) Closeup of the tweezer attachment of the I918 hydrogel between the voice coil servoactuator and the force sensor.