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journal article·2014-04

Self‐Assembled Monolayers: Bioinspired Catechol‐Terminated Self‐Assembled Monolayers with Enhanced Adhesion Properties (Small 8/2014)

Mireia Guardingo, Elena Bellido, Rosa Miralles‐Llumà, Jordi Faraudo, Josep Sedó, Sergio Tatay, Albert Verdaguer, Felix Busqué, Daniel Ruiz‐Molina

Small· Volume 10· Issue 8
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Source abstract

Abstract

The remarkable adhesion to substrates shown by mussel byssus proteins has been mainly attributed to the presence of significant amounts of catechol-like tyrosine in their sequences. As reported on page 1594, D. Ruiz-Molina and co-workers measure the retraction force of an AFM tip in contact with the upward-facing catechol rings of a model compound, self-assembled in monolayers and bound to epitaxial gold surfaces via a thiol group. The results show the importance of spatial and chemical order in catecholic layers with regard to enhanced adhesion.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Polymer Surface Interaction Studies · Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

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Affiliations

ICN2 – Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain, CSIC – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas ICN2 Building, Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Barcelona Spain

Departament de Química Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Campus UAB‐ 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Barcelona Spain

Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Barcelona Spain

Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) Universidad de Valencia Catedrático José Beltrán 2 46890 Paterna, Valencia Spain

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