pH-Based Regulation of Hydrogel Mechanical Properties Through Mussel-Inspired Chemistry and Processing

Rapid self-healing hydrogels

(2012) A. Phadke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Competition between Oxidation and Coordination in Cross-Linking of Polystyrene Copolymer Containing Catechol Groups

(2012) Hang Xu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

(2011) Bruce P. Lee et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Catechol-Functionalized Chitosan/Pluronic Hydrogels for Tissue Adhesives and Hemostatic Materials

(2011) Ji Hyun Ryu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Natural underwater adhesives

(2011) Russell J. Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Learning From Nature: Synthesis and Characterization of Longitudinal Polymer Gradient Materials Inspired by Mussel Byssus Threads

(2011) Kai U. Claussen et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Strain Hardening and Strain Softening of Reversibly Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymer Networks

(2011) Donghua Xu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Bio-inspired design of multiscale structures for function integration

(2011) Kesong Liu et al.   Nano Today

Mussel protein adhesion depends on interprotein thiol-mediated redox modulation

(2011) Jing Yu et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli

(2011) N. Holten-Andersen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Contribution of DOPA to Substrate-Peptide Adhesion and Internal Cohesion of Mussel-Inspired Synthetic Peptide Films

(2010) Travers H. Anderson et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Strength Hydrogels with Integrated Functions of H-bonding and Thermoresponsive Surface-Mediated Reverse Transfection and Cell Detachment

(2010) Lei Tang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biocompatibility of adhesive complex coacervates modeled after the sandcastle glue of Phragmatopoma californica for craniofacial reconstruction

(2010) Brent D. Winslow et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles

(2010) Shanshan Lv et al.   NATURE

Strong reversible Fe3+-mediated bridging between dopa-containing protein films in water

(2010) H. Zeng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings

(2010) M. J. Harrington et al.   SCIENCE

Viscosity and interfacial properties in a mussel-inspired adhesive coacervate

(2010) Dong Soo Hwang et al.   Soft Matter

Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

(2009) Markus Heim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biological performance of mussel-inspired adhesive in extrahepatic islet transplantation

(2009) Carrie E. Brubaker et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Marine bioinorganic materials: mussels pumping iron

(2009) Jonathan J Wilker   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

A Biomimetic Modular Polymer with Tough and Adaptive Properties

(2009) Aaron M. Kushner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biomimetic Principles in Polymer and Material Science

(2009) Markus Antonietti et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Inspiration and application in the evolution of biomaterials

(2009) Nathaniel Huebsch et al.   NATURE

Design of high-toughness polyacrylamide hydrogels by hydrophobic modification

(2009) Suzan Abdurrahmanoglu et al.   POLYMER

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

(2009) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

A novel single precursor-based biodegradable hydrogel with enhanced mechanical properties

(2009) Chao Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

Biomimetic materials

(2008) Julian F.V. Vincent   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

(2008) S. Rammensee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spider silks and their applications

(2008) Jonathan A. Kluge et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY