The blue mussel incorporates the polyphenolic amino acid l-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
(DOPA) to achieve self-healing, pH-responsiveness, and impressive underwater adhesion …

Improved understanding of the underwater attachment strategy of the blue mussels and
other marine organisms has inspired researchers to find new routes to advanced materials …

The substance secreted by mussels, also known as nature's glue, is a type of liquid protein
that hardens rapidly into a solid water-resistant adhesive material. While in seawater or …

Reversible sacrificial bonds play a crucial role in various biological materials where they
serve as load-bearing bonds, facilitating extensibility and/or impart self-healing properties to …

Biology offers a valuable inspiration toward the development of self-healing engineering
composites and polymers. In particular, chemical level design principles extracted from …

Growing evidence supports a critical role of metal-ligand coordination in many attributes of
biological materials including adhesion, self-assembly, toughness, and hardness without …

The byssus that anchors mussels to solid surfaces is a protein-based material combining
strength and toughness as well as a self-healing ability. These exceptional mechanical …

The mussel byssal cuticle employs DOPA–Fe3+ complexation to provide strong, yet
reversible crosslinking. Synthetic constructs employing this design motif based on catechol …

Biotechnology offers an exciting avenue toward the sustainable production of high
performance proteinaceous polymeric materials. In particular, the mussel byssus—a high …

The mechanical holdfast of the mussel, the byssus, is processed at acidic pH yet functions at
alkaline pH. Byssi are enriched in Fe3+ and catechol‐containing proteins, species with …