As Bio medicine becomes more advanced, MIT has created a new super glue inspired by mussels and mucus. They made this super glue by combining mechanisms of mussels with mucus. MIT scientists, biological engineers, and experts in material science and fluid flow teamed up with Berlin colleagues to make this super glue. The engineers combined the sticky Mussel inspired polymers with mucus- derived proteins to form a gel that strongly sticks to surfaces. The Mussels have sticky substances that could stick onto surfaces. The sticky substances could even stick in water and could stay sticky. To stick to surfaces, mussels secrete a protein- rich fluid. Chemical bond, or cross-links, acts as connection points between proteins.
The Mussel and mucus- inspired super glue prevented a buildup of bacteria and could keep having a sticky hold even on wet surfaces. The Mussel inspired super-glue helps a lot of people and the Mussel glue is also waterproof. The Mussel inspired super-glue is used to bond with polish aluminum.
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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/mit-new-glue-mussels-mucus
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https://cen.acs.org/materials/adhesives/Mussel-inspired-polymer-glue-sticks/98/web/2020/07
https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/2024-fall-winter/mussels-inspire-new-surgical-glue/
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https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2415927122
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.0c02396?source=cen
