Special: Glues

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What have gecko and mussel in common? They stick better than a lot of artificial glues. Their adhesive techniques could be used for medical applications one day, for example for wound closure or patching organs.

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Mussel and gecko show how to stick properly. One defies water, the other gravity. Their adhesive techniques may replace needle and suture in operating theatres one day.

- Biomimetic Adhesives: Copying Nature

Thomas Gesang is an expert in micro-bonding at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM). COMPAMED.de talked to the chemist about special aeroplanes, endoscopes and glueing in the crisis.

- Micro-Bonding: It is just not feasible to think of screwing on micro-level

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