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SUBMITTER: Kaminker I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5744669 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaminker Ilia I Wei Wei W Schrader Alex M AM Talmon Yeshayahu Y Valentine Megan T MT Israelachvili Jacob N JN Waite J Herbert JH Han Songi S
Soft matter 20171201 48
We report here that a dense liquid formed by spontaneous condensation, also known as simple coacervation, of a single mussel foot protein-3S-mimicking peptide exhibits properties critical for underwater adhesion. A structurally homogeneous coacervate is deposited on underwater surfaces as micrometer-thick layers, and, after compression, displays orders of magnitude higher underwater adhesion at 2 N m<sup>-1</sup> than that reported from thin films of the most adhesive mussel-foot-derived peptide ...[more]