Biological Adhesive Systems

Foreword (J. H. Waite)Part A: Morphology of Glandular Glue SystemsIntroduction (J. von Byern)1. Bonding Single Pollen Grains Together: How and Why? (M. Hesse)2. Deadly Glue - Adhesive Traps of Carnivorous Plants (W. Adlassnig et al.)3. Bonding Tactics in Ctenophores - Morphology and Function of the Colloblast System (J. von Byern et al.)4. Gastropod Secretory Glands and Adhesive Gels (A. Smith)5. Characterization of the Adhesive Systems in Cephalopods (N. Cyran et al.)6. Unravelling the Sticky Threads of Sea Cucumbers - A Comparative Study on Cuvierian Tubule Morphology and Histochemistry (P. T. Becker, P. Flammang)7. Adhesion Mechanisms Developed by Sea Stars: A Review of the Ultrastructure and Composition of Tube Feet and Their Secretion (E. Hennebert)8. Adhesive Exocrine Glands in Insects: Morphology, Ultrastructure, and Adhesive Secretion (O. Betz)9. Mechanisms of Adhesion in Adult Barnacles (A. M. Power et al.)10. Morphology of the Adhesive System in the Sandcastle Worm, Phragmatopoma californica (C. S. Wang et al.)11. Adhesive Dermal Secretions of the Amphibia, with Particular Reference to the Australian Limnodynastid Genus Notaden (M. Tyler)Part B: Biomimetic AdhesivesIntroduction (I. Grunwald)12. Renewable (Biological) Compounds in Adhesives for Industrial Applications (H. Onusseit)13. Bio-inspired Polyphenolic Adhesives for Medical and Technical Applications (K. Rischka et al.)14. Medical Products and Their Application Range (J. Blume, W. Schwotzer)15. Fibrin: The Very First Biomimetic Glue - Still a Great Tool (J. Ferguson et al.)16. Properties and Potential Alternative Applications of Fibrin Glue (S. Nürnberger et al.)17. Biodegradable (Meth)acrylate-based Adhesives for Surgical Applications (A. Berg et al.)18. Byssus Formation in Mytilus (H. G. Silverman, F. F.Roberto)19. Wet Performance of Biomimetic Fibrillar Adhesives (K. H. A. Lau, P. B. Messersmith)Subject IndexList of Contributors

Dr. Dipl.-Biol. Janek von Byern:

While he was studying at the Johann W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main and during several research stays at the private marine research station IFMB in Giglio, Italy, cephalopods and their complexity (flexibility, color adaptation, and intelligence) aroused Janek von Byern's interest. With his diploma thesis he focused on the pharmacology and histology of the blood circulation system in Sepia officinalis.

Inspired by Uwe Piatkowski from the IFM-GEOMAR  institute he began to consider the abstract thought that cephalopods could also produce glue. During further marine research stays he met Prof. Dr. J. Ott from the Department of Marine Biology of the University of Vienna and finally moved in 2003 to their Core Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure research facility.

In his PhD he characterized the adhesive system of the pygmy squid Idiosepius and started to analyze the glue components biochemically. Sampling led him to South Africa, Mozambique, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Australia where he collected different species, which raised new knowledge of other glue-producing animals and their attachment behavior.

Dr. Dipl.-Biol. Ingo Grunwald:

is a research associate and project manager in the "Biomolecular Surfaces and Materials Design" work group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Bremen, Germany. The Fraunhofer IFAM is the largest independent research organization in Europe in the area of industrial adhesive bonding technology. Ingo Grunwald's work at the Fraunhofer IFAM focuses on biomimetic materials and biofunctionalized surfaces. He studied biology at University of Hanover (Germany), with biochemistry and molecular biology being his main areas of interest. His Ph.D. work concerned the purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of a new sugar-binding protein. Research time spent at Cancer Research UK and at the TECHNION in