Sticky Teeth: Improving Dental Adhesives

New dental adhesives containing bisphosphonates or a bisphosponic acids.

A new form of dental adhesives, containing bisphosphonate and bisphosponic acid, improves the ability to etch enamel and increases stability in water.

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Gluing bones with polyurethane hierarchical nanocomposites

hyerarchical polyurethane bone adhesive

A new bone adhesive made with polyurethane and hydroxiapatite hierarchical nanocomposites shows great mechanical strength and biocompatibility.

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Polymer adhesives: Teflon made sticky

Teflon Nanopillars with Adhesive Properties

Creating structures at the nanoscale from the normally non-sticky polymer can create gecko-like adhesion.

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