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Toughening elastomers using mussel-inspired iron-catechol complexes

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Filippidi, Emmanouela, Cristiani, Thomas R., Eisenbach, Claus D., Waite, J. Herbert, Israelachvili, Jacob N., Ahn, B. Kollbe, Valentine, Megan T.·2017·Science

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Combining stiffness and stretchiness: There is usually a trade-off between making a material stretchy, so that it can absorb energy on deformation, and making a material stiff, so that it does not extend very much when stretched. Mussels have long been an inspiration for developing adhesives that work when wet. Filippidi et al. produced an extensible polymeric material containing catechol groups whose mechanical properties were augmented when dry through the addition of iron ions (see the Perspective by Winey). The iron ions lead to sacrificial metal coordination bonds, creating a reversible load-bearing network that does not trade extensibility for stiffness. Science , this issue p. 502 ; see also p. 449

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Filippidi, E., Cristiani, T. R., Eisenbach, C. D., Waite, J. H., Israelachvili, J. N., Ahn, B. K., & Valentine, M. T.
Venue
Science
Published
2017-10-27
Volume
358
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6362
Pages
502-505
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  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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Filippidi, E., Cristiani, T. R., Eisenbach, C. D., Waite, J. H., Israelachvili, J. N., Ahn, B. K., & Valentine, M. T. (2017). Toughening elastomers using mussel-inspired iron-catechol complexes. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0350

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