_version_ 1868266174414848001
author Kang, Ziliang
Gomez, Johanna A
Ross, Alisa MeiShan
Kirtane, Ameya R
Zhao, Ming
Cai, Yubin
Chen, Fu Xing
Chen, Corona L
Becdach, Isaac Diaz
Dey, Rajib
Ismael, Andrei Russel
Moon, Injoo
Yang, Yiyuan
Muller, Benjamin N
Say, Mehmet Girayhan
Pettinari, Andrew
Kobrin, Jason
Morimoto, Joshua
Smierciak, Ted
Lopes, Aaron
Erdogan, Ayten Ebru
Murphy, Matt
Fabian, Niora
Guevara, Ashley
Laidlaw, Benedict
Schmidt, Kailyn
Hayward, Alison M
Techet, Alexandra H
Kenaley, Christopher P
Traverso, Giovanni
author_facet Kang, Ziliang
Gomez, Johanna A
Ross, Alisa MeiShan
Kirtane, Ameya R
Zhao, Ming
Cai, Yubin
Chen, Fu Xing
Chen, Corona L
Becdach, Isaac Diaz
Dey, Rajib
Ismael, Andrei Russel
Moon, Injoo
Yang, Yiyuan
Muller, Benjamin N
Say, Mehmet Girayhan
Pettinari, Andrew
Kobrin, Jason
Morimoto, Joshua
Smierciak, Ted
Lopes, Aaron
Erdogan, Ayten Ebru
Murphy, Matt
Fabian, Niora
Guevara, Ashley
Laidlaw, Benedict
Schmidt, Kailyn
Hayward, Alison M
Techet, Alexandra H
Kenaley, Christopher P
Traverso, Giovanni
Kang, Ziliang
Gomez, Johanna A
Ross, Alisa MeiShan
Kirtane, Ameya R
Zhao, Ming
Cai, Yubin
Chen, Fu Xing
Chen, Corona L
Becdach, Isaac Diaz
Dey, Rajib
Ismael, Andrei Russel
Moon, Injoo
Yang, Yiyuan
Muller, Benjamin N
Say, Mehmet Girayhan
Pettinari, Andrew
Kobrin, Jason
Morimoto, Joshua
Smierciak, Ted
Lopes, Aaron
Erdogan, Ayten Ebru
Murphy, Matt
Fabian, Niora
Guevara, Ashley
Laidlaw, Benedict
Schmidt, Kailyn
Hayward, Alison M
Techet, Alexandra H
Kenaley, Christopher P
Traverso, Giovanni
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Mechanical underwater adhesive devices for soft substrates. Kang, Ziliang Gomez, Johanna A Ross, Alisa MeiShan Kirtane, Ameya R Zhao, Ming Cai, Yubin Chen, Fu Xing Chen, Corona L Becdach, Isaac Diaz Dey, Rajib Ismael, Andrei Russel Moon, Injoo Yang, Yiyuan Muller, Benjamin N Say, Mehmet Girayhan Pettinari, Andrew Kobrin, Jason Morimoto, Joshua Smierciak, Ted Lopes, Aaron Erdogan, Ayten Ebru Murphy, Matt Fabian, Niora Guevara, Ashley Laidlaw, Benedict Schmidt, Kailyn Hayward, Alison M Techet, Alexandra H Kenaley, Christopher P Traverso, Giovanni Animals Water Adhesives Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Adhesiveness Biomimetics Temperature Fishes Achieving long-term underwater adhesion to dynamic, regenerating soft substrates that undergo extreme fluctuations in pH and moisture remains a major unresolved challenge, with far-reaching implications for healthcare, manufacturing, robotics and marine applications. Here, inspired by remoras-fish equipped with specialized adhesive discs-we developed the Mechanical Underwater Soft Adhesion System (MUSAS). Through detailed anatomical, behavioural, physical and biomimetic investigations of remora adhesion on soft substrates, we uncovered the key physical principles and evolutionary adaptations underlying their robust attachment. These insights guided the design of MUSAS, which shows extraordinary versatility, adhering securely to a wide range of soft substrates with varying roughness, stiffness and structural integrity. MUSAS achieves an adhesion-force-to-weight ratio of up to 1,391-fold and maintains performance under extreme pH and moisture conditions. We demonstrate its utility across highly translational models, including in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo settings, enabling applications such as ultraminiaturized aquatic kinetic temperature sensors, non-invasive gastroesophageal reflux monitoring, long-acting antiretroviral drug delivery and messenger RNA administration via the gastrointestinal tract.
format Artículo científico
id pubmed_40702173
institution PubMed
language en
publishDate 2025
publisher Nature
record_format pubmed
spellingShingle Mechanical underwater adhesive devices for soft substrates.
Kang, Ziliang
Gomez, Johanna A
Ross, Alisa MeiShan
Kirtane, Ameya R
Zhao, Ming
Cai, Yubin
Chen, Fu Xing
Chen, Corona L
Becdach, Isaac Diaz
Dey, Rajib
Ismael, Andrei Russel
Moon, Injoo
Yang, Yiyuan
Muller, Benjamin N
Say, Mehmet Girayhan
Pettinari, Andrew
Kobrin, Jason
Morimoto, Joshua
Smierciak, Ted
Lopes, Aaron
Erdogan, Ayten Ebru
Murphy, Matt
Fabian, Niora
Guevara, Ashley
Laidlaw, Benedict
Schmidt, Kailyn
Hayward, Alison M
Techet, Alexandra H
Kenaley, Christopher P
Traverso, Giovanni
Animals
Water
Adhesives
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Adhesiveness
Biomimetics
Temperature
Fishes
Mechanical underwater adhesive devices for soft substrates. Kang, Ziliang Gomez, Johanna A Ross, Alisa MeiShan Kirtane, Ameya R Zhao, Ming Cai, Yubin Chen, Fu Xing Chen, Corona L Becdach, Isaac Diaz Dey, Rajib Ismael, Andrei Russel Moon, Injoo Yang, Yiyuan Muller, Benjamin N Say, Mehmet Girayhan Pettinari, Andrew Kobrin, Jason Morimoto, Joshua Smierciak, Ted Lopes, Aaron Erdogan, Ayten Ebru Murphy, Matt Fabian, Niora Guevara, Ashley Laidlaw, Benedict Schmidt, Kailyn Hayward, Alison M Techet, Alexandra H Kenaley, Christopher P Traverso, Giovanni Animals Water Adhesives Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Adhesiveness Biomimetics Temperature Fishes Achieving long-term underwater adhesion to dynamic, regenerating soft substrates that undergo extreme fluctuations in pH and moisture remains a major unresolved challenge, with far-reaching implications for healthcare, manufacturing, robotics and marine applications. Here, inspired by remoras-fish equipped with specialized adhesive discs-we developed the Mechanical Underwater Soft Adhesion System (MUSAS). Through detailed anatomical, behavioural, physical and biomimetic investigations of remora adhesion on soft substrates, we uncovered the key physical principles and evolutionary adaptations underlying their robust attachment. These insights guided the design of MUSAS, which shows extraordinary versatility, adhering securely to a wide range of soft substrates with varying roughness, stiffness and structural integrity. MUSAS achieves an adhesion-force-to-weight ratio of up to 1,391-fold and maintains performance under extreme pH and moisture conditions. We demonstrate its utility across highly translational models, including in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo settings, enabling applications such as ultraminiaturized aquatic kinetic temperature sensors, non-invasive gastroesophageal reflux monitoring, long-acting antiretroviral drug delivery and messenger RNA administration via the gastrointestinal tract.
title Mechanical underwater adhesive devices for soft substrates.
topic Animals
Water
Adhesives
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Adhesiveness
Biomimetics
Temperature
Fishes
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40702173/