High-performance mussel-inspired adhesives of reduced complexity

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 () and J. Herbert Waite ()
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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

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: 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 (

Date: 2015
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