3D Printing of Resilin in Water by Multiphoton Absorption Polymerization (Adv. Funct. Mater. 39/2023)

Multiphoton Polymerization Resilin serves as a spring component in insects for flight and jumping organs. In article number 2210993, Amnon Buxboim, Oded Shoseyov, Shlomo Magdassi, and co-workers use it as a highly elastic biomaterial, successfully utilizing a multiphoton absorption polymerization to 3D print a pristine resilin protein at sub-micron resolution, enabling customizing mechanical properties in the final 3D structure. Artwork credit: Anastasiia Serhus.