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SUBMITTER: Zhong C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4191913 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhong Chao C Gurry Thomas T Cheng Allen A AA Downey Jordan J Deng Zhengtao Z Stultz Collin M CM Lu Timothy K TK
Nature nanotechnology 20140921 10
Many natural underwater adhesives harness hierarchically assembled amyloid nanostructures to achieve strong and robust interfacial adhesion under dynamic and turbulent environments. Despite recent advances, our understanding of the molecular design, self-assembly and structure-function relationships of these natural amyloid fibres remains limited. Thus, designing biomimetic amyloid-based adhesives remains challenging. Here, we report strong and multi-functional underwater adhesives obtained from ...[more]