Revisiting the adhesion mechanism of mussel-inspired chemistry
Chao Zhang, Li Xiang, Jiawen Zhang, Chang Liu, Zuankai Wang, Hongbo Zeng, Zhi‐Kang Xu
Abstract
, which surpasses that of many mussel-inspired derivatives and is even 121-fold higher than that of polycatechol. Such a robust adhesion mainly stems from a high yield of DHI moieties through a delicate synergy of leading oxidation and subsidiary cyclization within self-polymerization, allowing for governing mussel-inspired adhesion by the substituent chemistry and self-polymerization manner. The adhesion mechanisms revealed in this work offer a useful paradigm for the exploitation of functional mussel-inspired materials.
Topics & Concepts
MusselMechanism (biology)AdhesionCatecholChemistryNanotechnologyPolymer scienceBiochemistryMaterials scienceBiologyPhilosophyEcologyEpistemologyOrganic chemistryPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions