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High-performance mussel-inspired adhesives of reduced complexity

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  • B. Kollbe Ahn

    (Marine Science Institute, University of California)

  • Saurabh Das

    (Chemical Engineering, University of California)

  • Roscoe Linstadt

    (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California)

  • Yair Kaufman

    (Chemical Engineering, University of California)

  • Nadine R. Martinez-Rodriguez

    (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California)

  • Razieh Mirshafian

    (Marine Science Institute, University of California)

  • Ellina Kesselman

    (Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Yeshayahu Talmon

    (Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Bruce H. Lipshutz

    (Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California)

  • Jacob N. Israelachvili

    (Chemical Engineering, University of California)

  • J. Herbert Waite

    (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California)

Abstract

Despite the recent progress in and demand for wet adhesives, practical underwater adhesion remains limited or non-existent for diverse applications. Translation of mussel-inspired wet adhesion typically entails catechol functionalization of polymers and/or polyelectrolytes, and solution processing of many complex components and steps that require optimization and stabilization. Here we reduced the complexity of a wet adhesive primer to synthetic low-molecular-weight catecholic zwitterionic surfactants that show very strong adhesion (∼50 mJ m−2) and retain the ability to coacervate. This catecholic zwitterion adheres to diverse surfaces and self-assembles into a molecularly smooth, thin (

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  • B. Kollbe Ahn & Saurabh Das & Roscoe Linstadt & Yair Kaufman & Nadine R. Martinez-Rodriguez & Razieh Mirshafian & Ellina Kesselman & Yeshayahu Talmon & Bruce H. Lipshutz & Jacob N. Israelachvili & J. , 2015. "High-performance mussel-inspired adhesives of reduced complexity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9663
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9663
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