Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion

Abstract Marine oil exploration is important yet greatly increases the risk of oil leakage, which will result in severe environment pollution and economic losses. It is an urgent need to develop effective underoil adhesives. However, realizing underoil adhesion is even harder than those underwater,...

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Main Authors: Yueman Tang, Mengjie Si, Yan‐jie Wang, Jiahui Zhou, Yuming Deng, Kaishun Xia, Zhen Jiang, Dong Zhang, Si Yu Zheng, Jintao Yang
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Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202407501
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Mengjie Si
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Jiahui Zhou
Yuming Deng
Kaishun Xia
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Dong Zhang
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description Abstract Marine oil exploration is important yet greatly increases the risk of oil leakage, which will result in severe environment pollution and economic losses. It is an urgent need to develop effective underoil adhesives. However, realizing underoil adhesion is even harder than those underwater, due to the stubborn attachment of a highly viscous oil layer on target surface. Here, inspired by endocytosis, a tough gel tape composed of zwitterionic polymer network and zwitterionic surfactants is developed. The amphiphilic surfactants can form micelle to capture the oil droplets and transport them from the interface to gel via electrostatic attraction of polymer backbone, mimicking the endocytosis and achieving robust underoil adhesion. Benefiting from the oil‐resistance of polymer backbone, the gel further realizes a combination of i) long‐term adhesion with high durability, ii) repeated adhesion in oil, and iii) renewable adhesion efficiency after exhausted use. The tape exhibits an ultra‐high adhesive toughness of 2446.86 J m−2 to stainless steel in silicone oil after 30 days' oil‐exposure; such value of adhesive toughness surpasses many of those achieved in underwater adhesion and is greater than underoil adhesion performance of commercial tape. The strategy illustrated here will motivate the design of sustainable and efficient adhesives for wet environments.
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spelling doaj-art-5b42a7d7295c4ee3afe3fe460825c5412025-08-20T03:52:43ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442024-11-011142n/an/a10.1002/advs.202407501Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil AdhesionYueman Tang0Mengjie Si1Yan‐jie Wang2Jiahui Zhou3Yuming Deng4Kaishun Xia5Zhen Jiang6Dong Zhang7Si Yu Zheng8Jintao Yang9College of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. ChinaCollege of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. ChinaSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Tiangong University Tianjin 300387 P. R. ChinaCollege of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. ChinaCollege of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. ChinaDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310009 P. R. ChinaSchool of Mechanical Materials Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 AustraliaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USACollege of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. ChinaCollege of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 P. R. ChinaAbstract Marine oil exploration is important yet greatly increases the risk of oil leakage, which will result in severe environment pollution and economic losses. It is an urgent need to develop effective underoil adhesives. However, realizing underoil adhesion is even harder than those underwater, due to the stubborn attachment of a highly viscous oil layer on target surface. Here, inspired by endocytosis, a tough gel tape composed of zwitterionic polymer network and zwitterionic surfactants is developed. The amphiphilic surfactants can form micelle to capture the oil droplets and transport them from the interface to gel via electrostatic attraction of polymer backbone, mimicking the endocytosis and achieving robust underoil adhesion. Benefiting from the oil‐resistance of polymer backbone, the gel further realizes a combination of i) long‐term adhesion with high durability, ii) repeated adhesion in oil, and iii) renewable adhesion efficiency after exhausted use. The tape exhibits an ultra‐high adhesive toughness of 2446.86 J m−2 to stainless steel in silicone oil after 30 days' oil‐exposure; such value of adhesive toughness surpasses many of those achieved in underwater adhesion and is greater than underoil adhesion performance of commercial tape. The strategy illustrated here will motivate the design of sustainable and efficient adhesives for wet environments.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202407501sustainable materialstough gelunderoil adhesionwet adhesivezwitterion
spellingShingle Yueman Tang
Mengjie Si
Yan‐jie Wang
Jiahui Zhou
Yuming Deng
Kaishun Xia
Zhen Jiang
Dong Zhang
Si Yu Zheng
Jintao Yang
Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion
Advanced Science
sustainable materials
tough gel
underoil adhesion
wet adhesive
zwitterion
title Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion
title_full Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion
title_fullStr Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion
title_full_unstemmed Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion
title_short Endocytosis‐Inspired Zwitterionic Gel Tape for High‐Efficient and Sustainable Underoil Adhesion
title_sort endocytosis inspired zwitterionic gel tape for high efficient and sustainable underoil adhesion
topic sustainable materials
tough gel
underoil adhesion
wet adhesive
zwitterion
url https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202407501
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