Fig. 5: DLS tests and their fitting results of various natural and synthetic complex gels to verify the universality of the new dynamical law for physical gels.
a Structure of artificial mucus gel. (Blue groups are relatively hydrophilic, and red groups are relatively hydrophobic). b Correlation function g1(q, t) measured by DLS and the corresponding fitting results for artificial mucus gel. c Stretched exponent β values at all scattering angles for artificial mucus gel. d Schematic illustration of the formation of self-assembled DNA gel driven by complementary base pairing54. Reproduced with permission from ref. 54. Copyright 2010, John Wiley and Sons. e Correlation function g1(q, t) measured by DLS and the corresponding fitting results for self-assembled DNA gel. f Stretched exponent β values at all scattering angles for self-assembled DNA gel. g Silk fibroin gel55 from B. mori silkworm cocoons. h Correlation function g1(q, t) measured by DLS and the corresponding fitting results for silk fibroin gel. i Schematic illustration of the formation of hyaluronic acid gel31. Reproduced with permission from ref. 31. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. j Correlation function g1(q, t) measured by DLS and the corresponding fitting results for hyaluronic acid gel. Error bars reflect the standard deviation from measurements of three different spatial locations within three replicate gel samples.
