Complex coacervates based on recombinant mussel adhesive proteins: their characterization and applications
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- Title
- Complex coacervates based on recombinant mussel adhesive proteins: their characterization and applications
- Authors
- Kim, Hyo Jeong; Yang, Byeongseon; Park, Tae Yoon; Lim, Seonghye; Cha, Hyung Joon
- Date Issued
- 2017-11
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Abstract
- Complex coacervates are a dense liquid phase of oppositely charged polyions formed by the associative separation of a mixture of polyions. Coacervates have been widely employed in many fields including the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries due to their intriguing interfacial and bulk material properties. More recently, attempts to develop an effective underwater adhesive have been made using complex coacervates that are based on recombinant mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) due to the water immiscibility of complex coacervates and the adhesiveness of MAPs. MAP-based complex coacervates contribute to our understanding of the physical nature of complex coacervates and they provide a promising alternative to conventional invasive surgical repairs. Here, this review provides an overview of recombinant MAP-based complex coacervations, with an emphasis on their characterization and the uses of such materials for applications in the fields of biomedicine and tissue engineering.
- Keywords
- FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2; PERIODONTAL INTRABONY DEFECTS; HEPARIN-BASED COACERVATE; MYTILUS-EDULIS-L; HOFMEISTER SERIES; IN-VIVO; PHRAGMATOPOMA-CALIFORNICA; UNDERWATER ADHESIVES; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; PHASE-SEPARATION
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/50915
- DOI
- 10.1039/c7sm01735a
- ISSN
- 1744-683X
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- SOFT MATTER, vol. 13, no. 42, page. 7704 - 7716, 2017-11
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