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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Oct 2;89(1):27–33. doi: 10.1007/s00253-010-2913-8

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Adhesive complex coacervates inspired by the Sandcastle worm. A.) Synthetic poly(phosphodopa) analog of the highly phosphorylated Pc3 protein. B.) Synthetic polyamine analog of the polybasic Pc1 protein. C.) Pipettable complex coacervate of the mixed synthetic copolymer analogs. D.) Fully submerged application of the adhesive complex coacervate. The water immiscibility and surface wetting properties make complex coacervates ideal vehicles for deliver of underwater adhesives.