Adhesive materials inspired by barnacle underwater adhesion: biological principles and biomimetic designs

K Gan, C Liang, X Bi, J Wu, Z Ye, W Wu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
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 …

High performance marine and terrestrial bioadhesives and the biomedical applications they have inspired

J Melrose - Molecules, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
This study has reviewed the naturally occurring bioadhesives produced in marine and
freshwater aqueous environments and in the mucinous exudates of some terrestrial animals …

Omics‐based molecular analyses of adhesion by aquatic invertebrates

PA Davey, AM Power, R Santos, P Bertemes… - Biological …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many aquatic invertebrates are associated with surfaces, using adhesives to attach to the
substratum for locomotion, prey capture, reproduction, building or defence. Their intriguing …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on the adhesion mechanisms of typical aquatic organisms and the applications of biomimetic adhesives in aquatic environments

J Liu, J Song, L Zeng, B Hu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Water molecules pose a significant obstacle to conventional adhesive materials.
Nevertheless, some marine organisms can secrete bioadhesives with remarkable adhesion …

Advance in barnacle cement with high underwater adhesion

Z Xu, Z Liu, C Zhang, D Xu - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Adhesives play an important role in the areas of biomedicine and engineering manufacture.
Barnacle cement is a polyprotein complex secreted by barnacle, which can bind with various …

A bioinspired synthetic fused protein adhesive from barnacle cement and spider dragline for potential biomedical materials

L Ye, X Liu, K Li, X Li, J Zhu, S Yang, L Xu… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Biomaterials with excellent biocompatibility, mechanical performance, and self-recovery
properties are urgently needed for tissue regeneration. Inspired by barnacle cement and …

[PDF][PDF] Pedunculate cirripedes of the genus Pollicipes: 25 years after Margaret Barnes' review

T Cruz, D Jacinto, JN Fernandes… - … and Marine Biology, 2022‏ - api.taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Sea star-inspired recombinant adhesive proteins self-assemble and adsorb on surfaces in aqueous environments to form cytocompatible coatings

M Lefevre, P Flammang, AS Aranko, MB Linder… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Sea stars adhere to various underwater substrata using an efficient protein-based adhesive
secretion. The protein Sfp1 is a major component of this secretion. In the natural glue, it is …

Self-assembly of a barnacle cement protein into intertwined amyloid fibres and determination of their adhesive and viscoelastic properties

MA Tilbury, TQ Tran, D Shingare… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes uses a multi-protein cement to adhere to highly
varied substrates in marine environments. We investigated the morphology and …

Short peptides derived from a block copolymer-like barnacle cement protein self-assembled into diverse supramolecular structures

C Liang, X Bi, K Gan, J Wu, G He, B Xue, Z Ye… - …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Peptides capable of self-assembling into different supramolecular structures have potential
applications in a variety of areas. The biomimetic molecular design offers an important …