Bio-inspired reversible underwater adhesive

Yanhua Zhao; Yang Wu; Liang Wang; Manman Zhang; Xuan Chen; Minjie Liu; Jun Fan; Junqiu Liu; Feng Zhou; Zuankai Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02387-2

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Bio-inspired reversible underwater adhesive

Yanhua Zhao,
Yang Wu,
Liang Wang,
Manman Zhang,
Xuan Chen,
Minjie Liu,
Jun Fan,
Junqiu Liu,
Feng Zhou,
Zuankai Wang

Affiliations

Yanhua Zhao: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Yang Wu: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Liang Wang: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Manman Zhang: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Xuan Chen: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Minjie Liu: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Jun Fan: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong
Junqiu Liu: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Feng Zhou: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zuankai Wang: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02387-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Many industrial applications require switchable adhesive properties in wet conditions, but this still remains challenging to achieve. Here the authors synthesize an adhesive based on host-guest interactions that exhibits reversible, tunable and fast regulation of the wet adhesion on diverse surfaces.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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