Figure 3.

Tunable properties of tandem repeat proteins inspired by SRT. Mechanical behavior in (A) dry and (B) wet conditions is highly dependent on tandem repetition. Reproduced with permission (Jung et al., 2016; Pena-Francesch et al., 2018c). Copyright 2016 National Academy of Sciences. Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. (C) Mechanical and conducting (proton and thermal transport) properties of SRT-based materials are programmable and controlled by the amino acid composition, nanostructure, and network morphology. Reproduced with permission (Pena-Francesch et al., 2018b,c; Tomko et al., 2018). Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. Copyright 2018 Nature Publishing Group.