Photography and mechanism of the underwater adhesion behaviors (IMAGE)

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Photography and mechanism of the underwater adhesion behaviors

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Photography of the instant adhesion of two glass blocks coated with PTAC copolymer adhesive in deionized water (Top left). Schematic illustration of the underwater adhesion mechanism (Top right). Contact angles of PTAC copolymer and water on different substrates (including glass, PMMA, copper, wood, steel and PTFE) (Bottom).

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