Issue 38, 2016

Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

Abstract

After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful properties. Nature can provide sources of plentiful inspiration for scientists to create various materials and devices with special functions and uses. Since Messersmith proposed the fabrication of multifunctional coatings through mussel-inspired chemistry, this field has attracted considerable attention for its promising and exiciting applications. Polydopamine (PDA), an emerging soft matter, has been demonstrated to be a crucial component in mussel-inspired chemistry. In this review, the recent developments of PDA for mussel-inspired surface modification are summarized and discussed. The biomedical applications of PDA-based materials are also highlighted. We believe that this review can provide important and timely information regarding mussel-inspired chemistry and will be of great interest for scientists in the chemistry, materials, biology, medicine and interdisciplinary fields.

Graphical abstract: Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
21 Dec 2015
Accepted
19 Aug 2016
First published
22 Aug 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 16819-16840

Author version available

Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

M. Liu, G. Zeng, K. Wang, Q. Wan, L. Tao, X. Zhang and Y. Wei, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 16819 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR09078D

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