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  title info:
    title: Adhesive Interactions of Mussel Foot Proteins
  name:
    name part: Yu, Jing.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 65 p. 31 illus., 24 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Water and moisture undermine strong adhesion to polar surfaces. Marine mussels, however, achieve durable underwater adhesion using a suite of proteins that are peculiar in having high levels of 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa). Mussel adhesion has inspired numerous studies on developing the next generation of wet adhesives. This thesis presents recent progress in understanding the basic surface and intermolecular interactions employed by mussels to achieve strong and durable wet adhesion. The surface forces apparatus (SFA) and various other techniques were applied to measure the interactions between mussel foot protein-3 fast (Mfp-3 fast) and the model substrate, mica, as well as the interactions between various mussel adhesive proteins. The results in this thesis show that Dopa plays an essential role in mussel adhesion, and that mussels delicately control the interfacial redox environment to achieve strong and durable Dopa mediated adhesion. The interplay between Dopa and hydrophobic interactions is also evident in mussel adhesion.
  table of contents: Mussel adhesion -- Surface Interactions in Biological Systems -- Effects of interfacial redox in mussel adhesive protein films on mica -- Antioxidant is a Key Factor in Mussel Protein Adhesion -- Hydrophobic enhancement of Dopa-mediated adhesion in a mussel foot protein -- Learning from the pieces: the adhesion of mussel-inspired peptides.
  note: by Jing Yu.
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Biochemical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Biomedical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Biomaterials
  subject:
    topic: Materials
    topic: Surfaces
  subject:
    topic: Thin films
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Biochemical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
  subject:
    topic: Biomedical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Biomaterials
  classification: TP248.3
  classification: 660.63
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  identifier: 9783319060316
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06031-6
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    record creation date: 140512
    record change date: 20151028141713.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-06031-6