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Photo-triggered Sustainable Adhesive Based on Itaconic Acid

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Designing Bio-Inspired Wet Adhesives through Tunable Molecular Interactions

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Design of amphiphilic-function-aiding biopolymer adhesives for strong and durable underwater adhesion via a simple solvent-exchange approach

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Underwater Adhesives Enabled by Interfacial Water Activation through Solvent Exchange and In Situ Silane Hydrolysis Cross-Linking

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Tunable, reusable, and recyclable perfluoropolyether periodic dynamic polymers with high underwater adhesion strength

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A Curable Underwater Adhesive Based on Poly(propylene oxide) and Tannic Acid Coacervate

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ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2023, 5, 1646
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Recent advances in coacervation and underlying noncovalent molecular interaction mechanisms

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Water-resistant adhesive tackified by dynamic adhesion factor of nucleotide

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Non-swelling, super-tough, self-healing, and multi-responsive hydrogels based on micellar crosslinking for smart switch and shape memory

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Programming adhesion via intermolecular forces: Supramolecular design for strong, reversible, and adaptive bonding

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Hydrogen-Bonding-Driven Multifunctional Polymer Hydrogel Networks Based on Tannic Acid

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ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2022, 4, 1836
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Stuck on Repeat: Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomers as (Re)trainable Adhesives

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Probing and Manipulating Noncovalent Interactions in Functional Polymeric Systems

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A strong underwater adhesive that totally cured in water

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Coacervate-Based Instant and Repeatable Underwater Adhesive with Anticancer and Antibacterial Properties

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Structure-Tunable Construction of Colloidal Photonic Composites via Kinetically Controlled Supramolecular Crosslinking

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Synergistic coacervation–micelle extraction enables rapid and efficient removal of ultrahigh–concentration organic dyes from wastewater

Tao Wang, Qiongyao Peng, Yongxiang Sun, Pan Huang, Lin Yang, Hongtao Ma, Xuwen Peng, Haoyu Yang, Yimei Sun, Diling Yang, Ying Hu, Jifang Liu and Hongbo Zeng

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Bioinspired coacervate-based bioinks for construction of multiscale tissue engineering scaffolds

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Aromatic Residues Drive Polyelectrolyte Coacervates into Hydrogels for Underwater and Underoil Adhesion

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Underwater adhesion and curing of superhydrophobic coatings for facile antifouling applications in seawater

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Molecular Engineering Super-Robust Dry/Wet Adhesive with Strong Interface Bonding and Excellent Mechanical Tolerance

Luyao Gao, Shuanhong Ma, Luyao Bao, Xiaoduo Zhao, Yangyang Xiang, Zhizhi Zhang, Yanfei Ma, Zhengfeng Ma, Yong-min Liang and Feng Zhou

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