pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli.
Holten-Andersen N, Harrington MJ, Birkedal H, Lee BP, Messersmith PB, Lee KY, Waite JH.
Holten-Andersen N, et al. Among authors: harrington mj.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 15;108(7):2651-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015862108. Epub 2011 Jan 28.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011.
PMID: 21278337
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Coordination between Fe and catechol ligands has recently been correlated to the hardness and high extensibility of the cuticle of mussel byssal threads and proposed to endow self-healing properties [Harrington MJ, Masic A, Holten-Andersen N, Waite JH, Fratzl P (201 …
Coordination between Fe and catechol ligands has recently been correlated to the hardness and high extensibility of the cuticle of mussel by …