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SUBMITTER: Dompe M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6982270 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dompé Marco M Cedano-Serrano Francisco J FJ Vahdati Mehdi M Sidoli Ugo U Heckert Olaf O Synytska Alla A Hourdet Dominique D Creton Costantino C van der Gucht Jasper J Kodger Thomas T Kamperman Marleen M
International journal of molecular sciences 20191221 1
In this work, we report the systematic investigation of a multiresponsive complex coacervate-based underwater adhesive, obtained by combining polyelectrolyte domains and thermoresponsive poly(<i>N</i>-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) units. This material exhibits a transition from liquid to solid but, differently from most reactive glues, is completely held together by non-covalent interactions, i.e., electrostatic and hydrophobic. Because the solidification results in a kinetically trapped morphol ...[more]