Fig. 1: Inspired by spider silks, a hydrogel fiber with ionic and crystalline domain crosslinking was designed by utilizing the ionic coordination and Hoffmeister effects of inorganic salts. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Inspired by spider silks, a hydrogel fiber with ionic and crystalline domain crosslinking was designed by utilizing the ionic coordination and Hoffmeister effects of inorganic salts.

From: Spider-silk-inspired strong and tough hydrogel fibers with anti-freezing and water retention properties

Fig. 1

a Multilevel crosslinking structure of natural spider silk. b Schematic preparation of the S-PAZr hydrogel fiber. c Optical images of collected S-PAZr hydrogel fibers (scale bar = 1.5 cm). d, e The S-PAZr hydrogel fiber lifted 2.5 kg weight and withstood the impact of a 100 g weight (scale bar = 1.5 cm).

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