Simple but Strong: A Mussel-Inspired Hot Curing Adhesive Based on Polyvinyl Alcohol Backbone

A mussel-inspired adhesive with stronger bonding strength under underwater conditions than under dry conditions

(2015) Ailei Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Microphase Behavior and Enhanced Wet-Cohesion of Synthetic Copolyampholytes Inspired by a Mussel Foot Protein

(2015) Sungbaek Seo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Adaptive synergy between catechol and lysine promotes wet adhesion by surface salt displacement

(2015) G. P. Maier et al.   SCIENCE

Robust, self-healing hydrogels synthesised from catechol rich polymers

(2015) Prabhu S. Yavvari et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Barnacle Larvae Exploring Surfaces with Variable Hydrophilicity: Influence of Morphology and Adhesion of “Footprint” Proteins by AFM

(2014) Shifeng Guo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enhancing the Adhesion of a Biomimetic Polymer Yields Performance Rivaling Commercial Glues

(2014) Heather J. Meredith et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

In Vivo Residue-Specific Dopa-Incorporated Engineered Mussel Bioglue with Enhanced Adhesion and Water Resistance

(2014) Byeongseon Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polydopamine and Its Derivative Materials: Synthesis and Promising Applications in Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical Fields

(2014) Yanlan Liu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Jack of all trades: versatile catechol crosslinking mechanisms

(2014) Juan Yang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Single Molecule Evidence for the Adaptive Binding of DOPA to Different Wet Surfaces

(2014) Yiran Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Strong underwater adhesives made by self-assembling multi-protein nanofibres

(2014) Chao Zhong et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Adaptive hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions of mussel foot proteins with organic thin films

(2013) J. Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanics of metal-catecholate complexes: The roles of coordination state and metal types

(2013) Zhiping Xu   Scientific Reports

Catechol-Based Biomimetic Functional Materials

(2012) Josep Sedó et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mussel-inspired load bearing metal–polymer glues

(2012) Alexander Stepuk et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Polymer Composition and Substrate Influences on the Adhesive Bonding of a Biomimetic, Cross-Linking Polymer

(2012) Cristina R. Matos-Pérez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ambivalent Adhesives: Combining Biomimetic Cross-Linking with Antiadhesive Oligo(ethylene glycol)

(2012) Cristina R. Matos-Pérez et al.   MACROMOLECULES

In vivo modification of tyrosine residues in recombinant mussel adhesive protein by tyrosinase co-expression in Escherichia coli

(2012) Yoo Choi et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Catechols as versatile platforms in polymer chemistry

(2012) Emilie Faure et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Effects of Interfacial Redox in Mussel Adhesive Protein Films on Mica

(2011) Jing Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Underwater Bonding with Charged Polymer Mimics of Marine Mussel Adhesive Proteins

(2011) James D. White et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mussel-mimetic strong adhesive resin from bio-base polycoumarates

(2011) Daisaku Kaneko et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Biomimetic Underwater Adhesives with Environmentally Triggered Setting Mechanisms

(2009) Hui Shao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Water-Borne Adhesive Modeled after the Sandcastle Glue ofP. californica

(2008) Hui Shao et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE