Tunable seat belt behavior in nanocomposite interfaces inspired from bacterial adhesion pili
Abstract
Chaperone-Usher pilus with catch bond adhesin—a bacterial biopolymer with the ability to attach to biotic/abiotic surfaces—can act as a “molecular seat belt” that has tunable cohesive strength and rate-responsive behavior.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c7sm02300f
Entities
People
- Kerim C. Dansuk
- Sinan Keten
Organizations
- Northwestern University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Army