title: Self-Adjustable Adhesion of Polyampholyte Hydrogels.
abstract: Developing nonspecific, fast, and strong adhesives that can glue hydrogels and biotissues substantially promotes the application of hydrogels as biomaterials. Inspired by the ubiquitous adhesiveness of bacteria, it is reported that neutral polyampholyte hydrogels, through their self-adjustable surface, can show rapid, strong, and reversible adhesion to charged hydrogels and biological tissues through the Coulombic interaction.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Chanchal Kumar
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Hong Lei
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Tao Lin
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Abu Bin
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ihsan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahata
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nonoyama
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Tasuku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Jian Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gong
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000737:chemistry; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000737:chemistry; D012212:Rheology; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D020100:Hydrogels; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol
keywords: adhesion; hydrogels; polyampholytes; polyelectrolytes; self-adjustable