Adhesion and Permeation in Adhesive Nanofibrous Materials

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Nanofibrous materials have unique features of high porosity and ultra-high surface-to-volume ratio, which allow them to be used in a wide variety of applications, including highly absorptive materials, filtration membranes, chemically or biologically protective devices, membranes supporting smart materials, and scaffold for tissue engineering. Functionalization of nanofibrous materials can further enhance their performance. In the proposed research, we will develop and characterize nanofibres with outstanding adhesive properties in a dry and/or a wet environment. The strong binding properties of the adhesive protein secreted by marine mussels have inspired tremendous work in the last decade to engineer material surfaces to endow excellent adhesive properties. Mussel-inspired polydopamine-based materials have been used to functionalize various material surfaces.