Protein-based biological materials: molecular design and artificial production

A Miserez, J Yu, P Mohammadi - Chemical reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

Molecular crowding: the history and development of a scientific paradigm

C Alfano, Y Fichou, K Huber, M Weiss, E Spruijt… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
It is now generally accepted that macromolecules do not act in isolation but “live” in a
crowded environment, that is, an environment populated by numerous different molecules …

Tuning water-resistant networks in mussel-inspired hydrogels for robust wet tissue and bioelectronic adhesion

Y Hou, Y Li, Y Li, D Li, T Guo, X Deng, H Zhang, C **e… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Hydrogels with robust wet adhesion are desirable for applications in aqueous environments.
Wet adhesion arising from synergy between hydrophobic and catechol components in …

Recent advances in wet adhesives: Adhesion mechanism, design principle and applications

C Cui, W Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Achieving strong adhesion between the interfaces of similar and dissimilar materials is
highly desirable in various fields. However, the adhesion of common adhesives is …

Hydrogels for underwater adhesion: adhesion mechanism, design strategies and applications

X Ma, X Zhou, J Ding, B Huang, P Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A hydrogel is a polymer material with a porous network structure, which allows the hydrogel
to swell rapidly underwater without dissolving. This unique property of hydrogels lays the …

Mussel-inspired hydrogels: from design principles to promising applications

C Zhang, B Wu, Y Zhou, F Zhou, W Liu… - Chemical Society …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Mussel-inspired chemistry, owing to its unique and versatile functions to manipulate
dynamic molecular-scale interactions, has emerged as a powerful tool for the rational design …

Catechol-functionalized hydrogels: biomimetic design, adhesion mechanism, and biomedical applications

W Zhang, R Wang, ZM Sun, X Zhu, Q Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels are a unique class of polymeric materials that possess an interconnected porous
network across various length scales from nano-to macroscopic dimensions and exhibit …

The chemistry behind catechol‐based adhesion

J Saiz‐Poseu, J Mancebo‐Aracil… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The adhesion of some marine organisms to almost any kind of surface in wet conditions has
aroused increasing interest in recent decades. Numerous fundamental studies have been …

Janus hydrophobic structural gel with asymmetric adhesion in air/underwater for reliable mechanosensing

R Zhou, Y **, W Zeng, H **, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reliable interfacial bonding is an essential guarantee that flexible electronics can output
realistic signals, especially for underwater scenes. However, conventional self‐adhesive …

Bioinspired underwater adhesives by using the supramolecular toolbox

AH Hofman, IA van Hees, J Yang… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nature has developed protein‐based adhesives whose underwater performance has
attracted much research attention over the last few decades. The adhesive proteins are rich …