Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

Robust adhesion to wet, salt-encrusted, corroded and slimy surfaces has been an essential
adaptation in the life histories of sessile marine organisms for hundreds of millions of years …

In addition to identifying the proteins that have a role in underwater adhesion by marine
mussels, research efforts have focused on identifying the genes responsible for the …

The byssus is a holdfast structure that allows the marine mussel (Mytilus) to adopt a sessile
mode of life even in the most wave-swept habitats. The success of byssus as an adaptation …

Mussels owe their sessile way of life in the turbulent intertidal zone to adaptive adjustments
in the process and biochemistry of permanent attachment. These have understandably …

Controlling biointerfacial phenomena is crucial to the success of many biomedical
technologies. For applications in biosensing, diagnostics, and medical devices, precise …

Mussel adhesive proteins are remarkable materials that display an extraordinary capability
to adhere to substrates underwater. Recent investigations from groups with quite diverse …

Many functional coacervates have been identified in biological systems, which have
attracted widespread interest. Coacervation is a liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) …

Common blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) is a sessile organism that has unique ability to attach
to a wide array of organic and inorganic marine surfaces using its holdfast structures. Strong …

California mussels Mytilus californianus owe their tenacity to a holdfast known as the
byssus, a fibrous extracellular structure that ends distally in flattened adhesive plaques. The" …