. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Mater Chem B. 2017 Nov 21;6(4):545–549. doi: 10.1039/C7TB02371E

Table 1.

Summary of relevant mechanical and adhesive properties in ABA-Dopa(–) and ABA-Dopa(+) networks.

Sample	Dopa ratio (%)^*	Storage modulus, E’ (Pa)	Loss modulus, E” (Pa)	Toughness W_e, (MJ/m³)	Work of adhesion, W_ad (J/m²)
ABA-Dopa(+)	70	(0.7–8) × 10⁷	(0.55–1) × 10⁷	1.55 ± 0.43	0.12 ± 0.01
ABA-Dopa(–)	0	(2–4) × 10⁷	(0.1–0.2) × 10⁶	0.025 ± 0.021	0^**

Dopa ratio (%) indicates the mole fraction of the Dopa conjugated A block in the total A block.

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Below the detection limit of our instrumentation and methods.