Atomic force microscopy of the morphology and mechanical behaviour of barnacle cyprid footprint proteins at the nanoscale

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 285-296

  Phang, In Yee ^a,b   Aldred, Nick ^c   Ling, Xing Yi ^a   Huskens, Jurriaan ^a   Clare, Anthony S ^c   Vancso, G Julius ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Barnacle cyprid footprint; Bioadhesion; Force spectroscopy; Glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; DENTISTRY; DEPOSITS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; SEAWATER; STRAIN;

ADHESIVE MATERIALS; AFM IMAGE; ARTIFICIAL SEA WATERS; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BIO-ADHESION; ENTROPIC ELASTICITY; EXTENSION-FORCE; FORCE CURVE; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORCE-DISTANCE CURVES; GLASS SURFACES; HIGH ELONGATION; HIGH STRAINS; HYSTERESIS BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NANO SCALE; NANO-FIBRILS; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; POLYMER CHAINS; PROTEIN CHAINS; PULL-OFF FORCES; SACRIFICIAL BONDS; SAW-TOOTH; STRAIN LIMIT;

PROTEINS;

NANOFIBER; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CYPRIS (LARVA); ELASTICITY; HYSTERESIS; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CYPRIDIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 74049118444     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0127     Document Type: Article

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