Shafiq, ZahidCui, JiaxiPastor-Pérez, LourdesSan Miguel Arnanz, VerónicaGropeanu, Radu A.Serrano, Cristinadel Campo, Aránzazu2017-05-092017-05-092012-04-24Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012, 51 (18), pp. 4332-4335.1433-7851https://hdl.handle.net/10016/24541Mussel glue: Bioinspired underwater chemical bonding with the possibility of phototriggered debonding is reported. A four-arm star-poly(ethyleneglycol) end-functionalized by nitrodopamine was synthesized. The nitrodopamine offered the reactivity of catechol and the chemistry of the photocleavable o-nitrophenyl ethyl group (see picture).4application/pdfeng© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, WeinheimBioadhesionPolymer chemistrySurface chemistryUnderwater adhesionresearch articleMaterialesQuímicahttp://www.dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201401290open access4332184335Angewandte Chemie International Edition51AR/0000019817