Mussel Adhesion: Finding the Tricks Worth Mimicking

By J. Waite, Niels H. Andersen, S. Jewhurst, Chengjun Sun. 2005

386 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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How researchers see this paper

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In Biomedical Engineering

1. M. Meyers
2. J. McKittrick
3. Po-Yu Chen

In Ocean Engineering

1. Po-Yu Chen
2. J. McKittrick
3. Chengjun Sun
4. M. Meyers
5. J. Waite
6. J. Sagert

In Surfaces, Coatings and Films

1. J. Waite
2. Po-Yu Chen
3. J. McKittrick
4. M. Meyers
5. N. Bandara
6. Hongbo Zeng
7. Jianping Wu

Citations in the corpus

• Biological materials: Functional adaptations and bioinspired designs (2012, background): “[507] identified the principal factors in the attachment of the mussel.”
• Chemical Subtleties of Mussel and Polychaete Holdfasts (2006, methodology): “these metals (reviewed by Waite et al. 2005 ).”
• Marine mussel adhesion: biochemistry, mechanisms, and biomimetics (2013, background): “At least 11 different proteins have been characterized [17,24] from the byssal thread and adhesive plaque of Mytilus species; eight proteins are present in adhesive plaque and three proteins are available in both byssal thread and adhesive plaque [24].”