Barnacles are notorious marine fouling organisms, whose life cycle initiates with the
planktonic larva, followed by the free-swimming cyprid that voluntarily explores, and …

Wet adhesion technology has potential applications in various fields, especially in the
biomedical field, yet it has not been completely mastered by humans. Many aquatic …

The development of adhesives that can achieve robust and repeatable adhesion to various
surfaces underwater is promising; however, this remains a major challenge primarily …

Protein-mediated bioadhesion is one of the crucial physiological processes in marine
organisms, by which they can firmly adhere to underwater substrates. Most marine adhesive …

Barnacles adhere by producing a mixture of cement proteins (CPs) that organize into a
permanently bonded layer displayed as nanoscale fibers. These cement proteins share no …

The barnacle, infraclass Cirripedia, is the only sessile crustacean. The adult firmly attaches
its base to a foreign surface in the water via an underwater adhesive called cement. The …

Developing adhesives that can function underwater remains a major challenge for
bioengineering, yet many marine creatures, exemplified as mussels and barnacles, have …

Oxidases are found to play a growing role in providing functional chemistry to marine
adhesives for the permanent attachment of macrofouling organisms. Here, we demonstrate …

Barnes (1996). An endemic species of Pollicipes, P. caboverdensis, from Cape Verde
Islands, has since been described, joining the three previously known extant species (P …

Background Barnacles are sessile crustaceans that attach to underwater surfaces using
barnacle cement proteins. Barnacles have a calcareous or chitinous membranous base, and …