Figure 9.

Living materials’ design and devices based on stretchable, robust, and biocompatible hydrogel–elastomer hybrids that host various types of genetically engineered bacterial cells. (A) Schematic illustration of cell suspension injection and sealing of injection points; (B) deformation of agar-based living devices; (C) functional living device under large uniaxial stretch; and (D) living hydrogel-based wearable devices. Reproduced with permission from [209]. Copyright 2017, National Academy of Sciences.