A mussel-inspired double-crosslinked tissue adhesive intended for internal medical use

• Main Authors: Fan, Changjiang, Fu, Jiayin, Zhu, Wenzhen, Wang, Dong-An
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Tissue adhesive; Dopamine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84685; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41957
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It has been a great challenge to develop aldehyde-free tissue adhesives that can function rapidly and controllably on wet internal tissues with fine adhesion strength, sound biocompatibility and degradability. To this end, we have devised a mussel-inspired easy-to-use double-crosslink tissue adhesiv...