Bioinspired synthetic wet adhesives: from permanent bonding to reversible regulation

S Ma, Y Wu, F Zhou - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, robust underwater adhesives products are highly demanded both in industrial
and biomedical fields. Meanwhile, study of the underwater adhesion mechanism of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired reversible underwater adhesive

Y Zhao, Y Wu, L Wang, M Zhang, X Chen, M Liu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The design of smart surfaces with switchable adhesive properties in a wet environment has
remained a challenge in adhesion science and materials engineering. Despite intense …

Bioinspired chemical design to control interfacial wet adhesion

Z Wang, X Wan, S Wang - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Amazing wet adhesion phenomena in nature have greatly promoted the development of
high-performance adhesive materials from fundamental research to practical applications …

Aquatic Diatoms‐Inspired Universal Adhesive Coacervates Triggered by Water

W Sun, T Liu, X Zhang, X Zhang, Q Yan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesives with strong underwater adhesion performance are urgently needed in diverse
areas. However, designing adhesives with long‐term stability to diverse materials …

Designing Bio-Inspired Wet Adhesives through Tunable Molecular Interactions

J Chen, H Zeng - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine organisms, such as mussels and sandcastle worms, can master rapid and robust
adhesion in turbulent seawater, becoming leading archetypes for the design of underwater …

Design of amphiphilic-function-aiding biopolymer adhesives for strong and durable underwater adhesion via a simple solvent-exchange approach

F Li, W Gu, S Gong, W Zhou, SQ Shi, Q Gao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Achieving strong and durable underwater adhesion in an easy way is highly demanded for
practical applications. Despite extensive progresses, developing high-performance …

[HTML][HTML] Natural and bio-inspired underwater adhesives: Current progress and new perspectives

M Cui, S Ren, S Wei, C Sun, C Zhong - APL Materials, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Many marine organisms harness diverse protein molecules as underwater adhesives to
achieve strong and robust interfacial adhesion under dynamic and turbulent environments …

Mechanisms and applications of bioinspired underwater/wet adhesives

C Cai, Z Chen, Y Chen, H Li, Z Yang… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, many organisms can effectively fix to contact substrates and move and prey in
complex living environments, such as underwater, seawater, and tidal environments, owing …

Achieving strong, stable, and durable underwater adhesives based on a simple and generic amino-acid-resembling design

F Li, J Mo, Z Zhang, SQ Shi, J Li, J Cao, Z Wang - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing underwater adhesives is important in many applications. Despite extensive
progress, achieving strong, stable, and durable underwater adhesion via a simple and …

Scalable Underwater Adhesives with High-Strength, Long-Term, and Harsh-Environment Adhesion Enabled by Heterocyclic Chemistry

F Li, W Gu, Q Gao, Y Tan, C Li, C Sonne… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing scalable and high-performance underwater adhesives is important in various
biomedical and industrial applications. However, despite massive efforts, the realization of …