Ursula Carow-Watamura; Jing Zhi Yu; Akira Takeuchi; Dmitri V. Louzguine Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG (2011) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Kovakantinen kirja
Ursula Carow-Watamura; Jing Zhi Yu; Akira Takeuchi; Dmitri V. Louzguine Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG (2011) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Kovakantinen kirja
Various Artists; Lin Shicheng; Zhan Yongming; Yang Lin & Yang Jing; Liu Changfu; Yu Xunfa; Fan Shang'e Julkaisija: Essential (2009) Saatavuus: Hankintapalvelu CD-äänilevy
Chengqi Zhang; Wei Huang; Yong Shi; Philip S. Yu; Yangyong Zhu; Yingjie Tian; Peng Zhang; Jing He Springer International Publishing AG (2015) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe; Jing-Zhi Yu; An-Pang Tsai; Tsuyoshi Masumoto Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG (1997) Saatavuus: Painos loppu Kovakantinen kirja
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.