...Peng Xi, MSc; Qian Cong, PhD; Jin Xu, MSc; Lin Sun, MSc The abalone, a marine mollusk, inhabits fast-flowing rocky reefs. Its predation and crawling abilities strongly depend on the adhesion capacity of its abdominal foot. Here, the macroscopic and microscopic morphology of the abalone foot...

... of the species have parahydrophobic properties with apparent contact angles of up to 145° and extremely strong water adhesion. Only the Cassie–Baxter equation can explain these results indicating the presence of trapped air within these surface structures when a liquid, such as water, makes contact. Among...

... ingredient in oral care products are concentration, particle size and additives that may influence the adhesion properties. For fluoride-based toothpastes, it has been shown that the caries prophylactic effect increases with fluoride concentration. 42 For particulate HAP, understanding the dose–response...

.... The hydrophilicity was enhanced, and the static water contact angle decreased from 41 to 28°. The bioeffects of the PVA–kh550–Hep hydrogel were evaluated by studying cell adhesion and proliferation. During the adhesion assay in vitro, cell adhesion significantly decreased after the interfaces had been modified...

...-inflammatory effect on skin cells. Therefore, Calendula nanoemulsion should be proposed to cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries instead of chemical and synthetic nanomaterials. adhesion anti-fouling anti-fungal (corresponding author: m.hosseini@nit.ac.ir) 08 10 2017 30 07...

... adhesive plaque, mussels are able to adhere to substrates and withstand large amounts of external forces. However, significant variations in composition and tensile properties exist between the mussels threads obtained from different species and even along the length of a single byssal thread. Similarly...

... 11 2012 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2013 Bioinspired adhesion interface biomolecule nature inspired Development work in medical science to achieve permanent adhesion to intrinsically moist substrates using synthetic adhesives remains a challenge to this very day...