Research Press Release | November 12, 2019
New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine adhesives.
Original article:
Hailong Fan et al., Adjacent cationic–aromatic sequences yield strong electrostatic adhesion of hydrogels in seawater. Nature Communications. November 12, 2019.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13171-9
https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/getting-glued-in-the-sea/