Self‐Adjustable Adhesion of Polyampholyte Hydrogels
- 13 October 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 27 (45), 7344-7348
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201504059
Abstract
Developing nonspecific, fast, and strong adhesives that can glue hydrogels and biotissues substantially promotes the application of hydrogels as biomaterials. Inspired by the ubiquitous adhesiveness of bacteria, it is reported that neutral polyampholyte hydrogels, through their self-adjustable surface, can show rapid, strong, and reversible adhesion to charged hydrogels and biological tissues through the Coulombic interaction.Keywords
Funding Information
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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