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• SB6-O029 Invited Talk<br />

MUSSEL-INSPIRED ADHESION FROM SYNTHESIS TO<br />

APPLICATIONS<br />

Malcolm Xing 1<br />

1 University of Manitoba, Mechanical Engineering, Canada.<br />

A class of catechols, DOPA (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine) or its<br />

derivative,dopamine,shows unique mussel-inspired anchoring characteristics to<br />

numerous surfaces or bestowing hydrogels with tissue-like self-healability and<br />

tissue-adhesiveness. In this presentation, we will report a series of studies by<br />

synthesizing catechols and their crosslinkers for hydrogel modifications for<br />

sutureless surgeries, wound healing, cardiovasular repair, orthopedic<br />

construction, and bioelectronics.<br />

Keywords: Mussel-inspired adhesion, tissue engineering, bioelectronics<br />

Presenting authors email: malcolm.xing@umanitoba.ca

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