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SUBMITTER: Roberts AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7366031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roberts A D AD Finnigan W W Kelly P P PP Faulkner M M Breitling R R Takano E E Scrutton N S NS Blaker J J JJ Hay S S
Materials today. Bio 20200601
Protein-based adhesives could have several advantages over petroleum-derived alternatives, including substantially lower toxicity, smaller environmental footprint, and renewable sourcing. Here, we report that non-covalently crosslinked bovine serum albumin and recombinant spider silk proteins have high adhesive strength on glass (8.53 and 6.28 MPa, respectively) and other transparent substrates. Moreover, the adhesives have high visible transparency and showed no apparent degradation over a peri ...[more]