Technische UniversitΓ€t MΓΌnchenSep 5, 2025

Oliver Lieleg and his team developed hollow #microspheres from #mucin and #polydopamine. These tunable carriers transport #cargomolecules and release them gradually at challenging sites like joints or the oral mucosa: http://go.tum.de/603735

#BiopolymerMaterials
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Slime as a material for multifunctional spheres

Prof. Oliver Lieleg and his team have developed a multifunctional microsphere made of mucin and polydopamine for cargo transport.

John Vaccaro (johniac)Feb 2, 2025

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 2nd, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc020225

#AM #gastrointestinal #mucus #glycan #mucin #Alzheimer’s #amyloid #Talin #Tau #APP #photothermal #polyaniline #polydopamine #durability #thermogalvanic #Iron #scalability #stability #seismometers #uncontrolled #Chinese #SpaceX #damage

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 2nd, 2025

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CellBioNewsFeb 16, 2023

The secrets of #polydopamine coatings revealed.

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-secrets-polydopamine-coatings-revealed.html

The secrets of polydopamine coatings revealed

Dopamine is best known as a neurotransmitter. What is rather unknown, however, is that the underwater glue used by mussels contains large amounts of L-Dopa molecules, an analog of dopamine.

Phys.org