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SUBMITTER: Vuppala S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vuppala Srimai S Chitumalla Ramesh Kumar RK Choi Seyong S Kim Taeho T Park Hwangseo H Jang Joonkyung J
ACS omega 20231219 1
Marine mussels adhere to virtually any surface via 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanines (L-DOPA), an amino acid largely contained in their foot proteins. The biofriendly, water-repellent, and strong adhesion of L-DOPA are unparalleled by any synthetic adhesive. Inspired by this, we computationally designed diverse derivatives of DOPA and studied their potential as adhesives or coating materials. We used first-principles calculations to investigate the adsorption of the DOPA derivatives on graphite. Th ...[more]