537313 Studying the Toughening Mechanism of Mussel-Inspired Iron-Catechol Complexes in Epoxy Networks

Thomas R. Cristiani1, Emmanouela Filippidi2, Claus D. Eisenbach3, J. Herbert Waite4, Jacob Israelachvili5, B. Kollbe Ahn6 and Megan T. Valentine2, (1)Department of Materials, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (2)Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (3)Materials Research Laboratory, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (4)Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (5)Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (6)Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
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