Adhesive Materials Inspired by Barnacle Underwater Adhesion: Biological Principles and Biomimetic Designs.

Wet adhesion technology has potential applications in various fields, especially in the biomedical field, yet it has not been completely mastered by humans. Many aquatic organisms (e.g.

Short Peptides Derived from a Block Copolymer-like Barnacle Cement Protein Self-Assembled into Diverse Supramolecular Structures.

Peptides capable of self-assembling into different supramolecular structures have potential applications in a variety of areas. The biomimetic molecular design offers an important avenue to discover novel self-assembling peptides. Despite this, a lot of biomimetic self-assembling peptides have been reported so far; to continually expand the scope of peptide self-assembly, it is necessary to find out more novel self-assembling peptides.