Nanoparticle solutions as adhesives for gels and biological tissues

Séverine Rose, Alexandre Prevoteau, Paul Elzière, Dominique Hourdet, Alba Marcellan () and Ludwik Leibler ()
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Séverine Rose: Physico-chimie des Polymères et Milieux Dispersés (UMR7615 UPMC/ESPCI/CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Alexandre Prevoteau: Matière Molle et Chimie (UMR 7167 CNRS/ESPCI), École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Paul Elzière: Physico-chimie des Polymères et Milieux Dispersés (UMR7615 UPMC/ESPCI/CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Dominique Hourdet: Physico-chimie des Polymères et Milieux Dispersés (UMR7615 UPMC/ESPCI/CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Alba Marcellan: Physico-chimie des Polymères et Milieux Dispersés (UMR7615 UPMC/ESPCI/CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Ludwik Leibler: Matière Molle et Chimie (UMR 7167 CNRS/ESPCI), École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, 75005 Paris, France

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7483, 382-385

Abstract: Strong, rapid adhesion between two hydrogels and even slices of animal tissue can be achieved at room temperature by using a silica nanoparticle solution as a ‘glue’.

Date: 2014
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