High-performance Mussel-inspired Adhesives of Reduced Complexity

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2015 Oct 20

PMID 26478273

Citations 60

Authors

B Kollbe Ahn

Saurabh Das

Roscoe Linstadt

Yair Kaufman

Nadine R Martinez-Rodriguez

Razieh Mirshafian

Ellina Kesselman

Yeshayahu Talmon

Bruce H Lipshutz

Jacob N Israelachvili

J Herbert Waite

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Abstract

Despite the recent progress in and demand for wet adhesives, practical underwater adhesion remains limited or non-existent for diverse applications. Translation of mussel-inspired wet adhesion typically entails catechol functionalization of polymers and/or polyelectrolytes, and solution processing of many complex components and steps that require optimization and stabilization. Here we reduced the complexity of a wet adhesive primer to synthetic low-molecular-weight catecholic zwitterionic surfactants that show very strong adhesion (∼50 mJ m(-2)) and retain the ability to coacervate. This catecholic zwitterion adheres to diverse surfaces and self-assembles into a molecularly smooth, thin (<4 nm) and strong glue layer. The catecholic zwitterion holds particular promise as an adhesive for nanofabrication. This study significantly simplifies bio-inspired themes for wet adhesion by combining catechol with hydrophobic and electrostatic functional groups in a small molecule.

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