title: Preserving the adhesion of catechol-conjugated hydrogels by thiourea-quinone coupling.
abstract: Mussel adhesion has inspired the development of catechol-based adhesive polymers. However, conventional strategies require basic pH conditions and lead to the loss of adhesion. To solve the problem, we report the first attempt to use thiourea-functionalized polymers for preserving hydrogel adhesion. We believe that this simple thiourea-quinone coupling chemistry is instrumental to synthetic adhesive materials.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China. lbian@mae.cuhk.edu.hk and Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yang J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China. lbian@mae.cuhk.edu.hk and Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China and Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Kongchang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China. lbian@mae.cuhk.edu.hk and Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Pengchao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China. lbian@mae.cuhk.edu.hk and Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China. lbian@mae.cuhk.edu.hk and Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chun Kit K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China. lbian@mae.cuhk.edu.hk and Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China and Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China and China Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine Group (CORMed), Hangzhou, China and Centre for Novel Biomaterials, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bian
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry; D002396:Catechols / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D011809:Quinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D013890:Thiourea / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D002396:Catechols; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D020100:Hydrogels; D011108:Polymers; D011809:Quinones; D013890:Thiourea; C034221:catechol