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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Wet adhesion"”.
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Wet Adhesion and Bioadhesive Technology
… robust, reliable, and functional integration to wet, dynamic, and living biological tissues. This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive set of scientific and technological advances to address the challenges in wet adhesion and bioadhesive technology. The first part of this dissertation is …
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Tough wet adhesion of hydrogel on various materials : mechanism and application
In nature, robust interfacial adhesion plays crucial roles in maintaining integration and functionality of various physiological structures including tendon and cartilage to bones and epidermis to dermis in mammalian skins. For instance, the bonding of tendon and cartilage to bone is extremely …
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Chelating compounds as potential flash rust inhibitors and melamine & aziridine cure of acrylic colloidal unimolecular polymers (CUPs)
… usually show flash rusting which decreases the adhesion of the coating and the corrosion products can form a stain. Chelating compounds were investigated as potential flash rust inhibitors. Compounds being evaluated include amine alcohols, diamines and sulfur containing amines. A new corrosion …
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Programmable adhesion in dry and wet environments through geometric design
… and wound management. To enable switchable adhesion, adhesives require to achieve high capacity of resisting crack propagation while allowing promotion of the crack propagation for easy release. Difficulty of achieving switchable adhesion is further amplified in wet environment. Achieving …