Issue 50, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Mussel-inspired load bearing metal–polymer glues†

Alexander Stepuk,a   Jonas G. Halter,a   Alexander Schaetz,a   Robert N. Grassa  and  Wendelin J. Stark*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail: wendelin.stark@chem.ethz.ch
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Tel: +41 44 632 0980

Abstract

A mussel-inspired synthetic adhesive based on dopamine containing methacrylate copolymers was developed to bond polymers to metal surfaces at an adhesion strength of up to 20 MPa for bulk samples.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31996A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Mar 2012
Accepted
25 Apr 2012
First published
30 Apr 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 6238-6240

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Mussel-inspired load bearing metal–polymer glues

A. Stepuk, J. G. Halter, A. Schaetz, R. N. Grass and W. J. Stark, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6238 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31996A

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