From Bioinspired Glue to Medicine: Polydopamine as a Biomedical Material

Biological structures have emerged through millennia of evolution, and nature has fine-tuned the material properties in order to optimise the structure–function relationship. Following this paradigm, polydopamine (PDA), which was found to be crucial for the adhesion of mussels to wet surfaces, was h...

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Main Authors: Daniel Hauser, Dedy Septiadi, Joel Turner, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/7/1730