Protein microparticles visualize the contact network and rigidity onset in the gelation of model proteins

ARTICLE OPEN Protein microparticles visualize the contact network and rigidity onset in the gelation of model proteins Joep Rouwhorst 1 , Carlijn van Baalen 2 , Krassimir Velikov 1,3 , Mehdi Habibi 2 , Erik van der Linden 2 and Peter Schall 1 ✉ Protein aggregation into gel networks is of immense importance in diverse areas from food science to medical research; however, it remains a grand challenge as the underlying molecular interactions are complex, difficult to access experimentally, and to...