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Depiction of the enzyme induced chemical-to-physical cross-link transition. When the nanocomposite is exposed to chymotrypsin, the CYKC peptides are catalytically cleaved. This imparts pendant network chains with enough mobility to physically adsorb onto the surface of the silica NPs causing the hydrogel to collapse.
