Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Mussel-Inspired Surface Chemistry for Multifunctional Coatings

We report a method to form multifunctional polymer coatings through simple dip-coating of objects in an aqueous solution of dopamine. Inspired by the composition of adhesive proteins in mussels, we used dopamine self-polymerization to form thin, surface-adherent polydopamine films onto a wide range of inorganic and organic materials, including noble metals, oxides, polymers, semiconductors, and ceramics. Secondary reactions can be used to create a variety of ad-layers, including self-assembled monolayers through deposition of long-chain molecular building blocks, metal films by electroless metallization, and bioinert and bioactive surfaces via grafting of macromolecules.

Chemical Reaction Engineering

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCommentaryNEXTChemical Reaction EngineeringOctave LevenspielView Author Information Chemical Engineering Department Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331Cite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1999, 38, 11, 4140–4143Publication Date (Web):September 11, 1999Publication History Published online11 September 1999Published inissue 1 November 1999https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie990488ghttps://doi.org/10.1021/ie990488gbrief-reportACS PublicationsCopyright © 1999 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views23019Altmetric-Citations1239LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose SUBJECTS:Kinetic modeling,Kinetics,Order,Reaction engineering,Surface reactions Get e-Alerts

Electron transfers in chemistry and biology

The exciton model in molecular spectroscopy

The molecular exciton model has received its most extensive development and application in the field of molecular crystals1'2. More recently, numerous applications to non-crystalline molecular composite systems have been made, including van der Waals and hydrogen-bonded dimers, trimers, and

Chemistry and Physics in One Dimension:  Synthesis and Properties of Nanowires and Nanotubes

Dimensionality plays a critical role in determining the properties of materials due to, for example, the different ways that electrons interact in three-dimensional, two-dimensional (2D), and one-dimensional (1D) structures.1-5