Adhesion in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and barnacles (genus Balanus): Mechanisms and technical applications

Wiegemann, Maja

doi:10.1007/s00027-005-0758-5

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“…This great diversity presents a significant challenge to the development of fouling-release materials. Encrusting species utilise a variety of adhesives in fixing to a surface (Naldrett & Kaplan, 1997;Brady & Singer, 2000;Wiegemann, 2005;Smith & Callow, 2006). It may not be possible for a fouling-release hull coating to reduce substantially the strength of adhesion of all organisms to which it is exposed, to the point where hydrodynamic forces on the attached fouling cause detachment and complete self-cleaning.…”

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Interspecific variation in patterns of adhesion of marine fouling to silicone surfaces

Holm

Kavanagh

Meyer³

et al. 2006

Biofouling

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The adhesion of six fouling organisms: the barnacle Balanus eburneus, the gastropod mollusc Crepidula fornicata, the bivalve molluscs Crassostrea virginica and Ostrea/Dendrostrea spp., and the serpulid tubeworms Hydroides dianthus and H. elegans, to 12 silicone fouling-release surfaces was examined. Removal stress (adhesion strength) varied among the fouling species and among the surfaces. Principal component analysis of the removal stress data revealed that the fouling species fell into two distinct groups, one comprising the bivalve molluscs and tubeworms, and the other the barnacle and the gastropod mollusc. None of the silicone materials generated a minimum in removal stress for all the organisms tested, although several surfaces produced low adhesion strengths for both groups of species. These results suggest that fouling-release materials do not rank (in terms of adhesion strength) identically for all fouling organisms, and thus development of a globally-effective hull coating will continue to require testing against a diversity of encrusting species.

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Interspecific variation in patterns of adhesion of marine fouling to silicone surfaces

Holm

Kavanagh

Meyer³

et al. 2006

Biofouling

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“…Mussels have been cited as model systems for adhesives that facilitate strong attachments to wet surfaces (Fig. 1a) [4][5][6][7][8][9] , including stone, wood, concrete and steel, and are subjected to severe mechanical impacts caused by waves 1,2 . Indeed, earlier work has explored properties of dihydroxyphenylalanine as a key adhesion protein, found at the end of a byssus thread's adhesion plaque (Fig.…”

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Impact tolerance in mussel thread networks by heterogeneous material distribution

Qin

Buehler

2013

Nat Commun

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The Mytilidae, generally known as marine mussels, are known to attach to most substrates including stone, wood, concrete and iron by using a network of byssus threads. Mussels are subjected to severe mechanical impacts caused by waves. However, how the network of byssus threads keeps the mussel attached in this challenging mechanical environment is puzzling, as the dynamical forces far exceed the measured strength of byssus threads and their attachment to the environment. Here we combine experiment and simulation, and show that the heterogeneous material distribution in byssus threads has a critical role in decreasing the effect of impact loading. We find that a combination of stiff and soft materials at an 80:20 ratio enables mussels to rapidly and effectively dissipate impact energy. Notably, this facilitates a significantly enhanced strength under dynamical loading over 900% that of the strength under static loading.

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“…This may produce strong interactions with the surfaces of various materials. [1][2][3]5 Sample preparation of carbon and glass substrates glued by poly(DHCA-co-4HCA) resin As mentioned above, the catechol group can adhere strongly to organic or inorganic surfaces. We have prepared the carbon substrate as a representation of organic surfaces, and the glass and steel substrates as representations of inorganic surfaces.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][5] The 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-Lalanine-containing catechol group can adhere strongly and reversibly to both organic and inorganic surfaces. Although many attempts have been made to clarify the adhesion mechanism, 6,7 the details are not completely understood.…”

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Mussel-mimetic strong adhesive resin from bio-base polycoumarates

Kaneko

Wang

Matsumoto

et al. 2011

Polym J

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We have synthesized novel Mussel-mimetic adhesive resin from biomass monomers. Because the adhesive resin contains catechol groups at its chain ends, which is similar to the chemical structure of 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine, produced by Mussel, it demonstrates strong adhesive characteristics onto organic and/or inorganic surfaces beyond those of the conventional instant superglue. The origin of this strong adhesive characteristic was attributed to strong hydrogen bond interaction between our new resins and oxidized and/or OH groups on the substrates.

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Adhesion in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and barnacles (genus Balanus): Mechanisms and technical applications

Cited by 120 publications

References 58 publications

Interspecific variation in patterns of adhesion of marine fouling to silicone surfaces

Interspecific variation in patterns of adhesion of marine fouling to silicone surfaces

Impact tolerance in mussel thread networks by heterogeneous material distribution

Mussel-mimetic strong adhesive resin from bio-base polycoumarates

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