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1. These authors contributed equally: Zhouquan Sun, Yuefan Jin, Hui Su

Authors and Affiliations

1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, PR China

   Zhouquan Sun, Hui Su, Yaogang Li, Qinghong Zhang, Kerui Li, Hongzhi Wang & Chengyi Hou

2. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology Institute of Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China

   Yuefan Jin, Linpeng Li, Shan-kai Yin, Chengyi Hou & Hui Wang

Contributions

C.Y.H., S.K.Y., H.W., and L.P.L. guided the project. Z.Q.S. conceived the idea and designed the experiment. Z.Q.S. fabricated the BET-suture. Z.Q.S., Y.F.J., and H.S. performed the experiments and measurements. S.K.Y., and H.W. guided the biomolecular mechanism. C.Y.H., Y.G.L., Q.H.Z., and K.R.L. revised the manuscript. All authors analyzed the experimental data, drew the figures and prepared the manuscript. All authors discussed the results and reviewed the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Linpeng Li, Chengyi Hou or Hui Wang.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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