Issue 44, 2015
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Chemical Communications

A mussel-inspired adhesive with stronger bonding strength under underwater conditions than under dry conditions†

Ailei Li,ab   Youbing Mu,*a   Wei Jiangc  and  Xiaobo Wan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266101, P. R. China
E-mail: muyb@qibebt.ac.cn, wanxb@qibebt.ac.cn
Tel: +86 532 80662740

b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, P. R. China

c National Engineering Research Center for Organic Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, State Key Laboratory of Pollution and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210093, P. R. China

Abstract

A mussel-inspired adhesive based on a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) backbone shows a much higher bonding strength under underwater/seawater conditions than under dry conditions. We reasoned that besides catechol moieties, the structure and properties of the backbone also play an important role in the realization of strong underwater bonding.

Graphical abstract: A mussel-inspired adhesive with stronger bonding strength under underwater conditions than under dry conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC00101C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jan 2015
Accepted
24 Apr 2015
First published
27 Apr 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 9117-9120

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A mussel-inspired adhesive with stronger bonding strength under underwater conditions than under dry conditions

A. Li, Y. Mu, W. Jiang and X. Wan, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 9117 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00101C

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