Learning from nature: Synthesis and characterization of longitudinal polymer gradient materials inspired by mussel byssus threads

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Claussen, Kai U ^a   Giesa, Reiner ^a   Scheibel, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomimetic; elastomers; modulus; polysiloxanes; structure property relations

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS; GRADIENT FIBERS; MARINE MUSSELS; MODULUS; MUSSEL BYSSUS; POLYMER GRADIENT MATERIALS; PREPOLYMERS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; SYRINGE PUMPS; THERMAL CROSSLINKING; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTOMERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHELLFISH; SILICONES; TENSILE TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOPOLYMER; ELASTOMER; SILOXANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIVALVIA; ELASTOMERS; MICROSCOPY, ULTRAVIOLET; SILOXANES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84856465441     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100620     Document Type: Article

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