3D-printed DNA-responsive hydrogels
Cristiana Drago
3D-printed DNA-responsive hydrogels.
Rel. Ignazio Roppolo, Francesca Frascella. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2024
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Abstract
During the last decades, the tendency of developing smart materials has skyrocketed in a multitude of fields, especially in those where interaction with biological systems is researched, e.g. soft robotics. In this context, supramolecular hydrogels have attracted a great deal of interest because of their ability to respond to diverse external triggers while maintaining elasticity and a soft texture. Even if DNA is well-known for being the most precious molecule within living organisms as it holds the secret of life, it is still a biopolymer and can be included in stimuli-responsive hydrogels. This offers many advantages because H-bonds between base pairs of complementary DNA strands produce a highly specific and reversible response.
The purpose of this experimental thesis was to engineer a DNA-based hydrogel and drive its expansion by the mechanism of the hybridization chain reaction
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