Publications of Matthew J. Harrington

Horbelt, N.; Fratzl, P.; Harrington, M. J.: Mistletoe viscin: a hygro- and mechano-responsive cellulose-based adhesive for diverse materials applications. PNAS Nexus 1 (1), pgac026 (2022)

Jehle, F.; Priemel, T.; Strauss, M.; Fratzl, P.; Bertinetti, L.; Harrington, M. J.: Collagen pentablock copolymers form smectic liquid crystals as precursors for mussel byssus fabrication. ACS Nano 15 (4), pp. 6829 - 6838 (2021)

Jehle, F.; Macías-Sánchez, E.; Sviben, S.; Fratzl, P.; Bertinetti, L.; Harrington, M. J.: Hierarchically-structured metalloprotein composite coatings biofabricated from co-existing condensed liquid phases. Nature Communications 11, 862 (2020)

Song, G.; Delroisse, J.; Schoenaers, D.; Kim, H.; Nguyen, T. C.; Horbelt, N.; Leclère, P.; Hwang, D. S.; Harrington, M. J.; Flammang, P.: Structure and composition of the tunic in the sea pineapple Halocynthia roretzi: a complex cellulosic composite biomaterial. Acta Biomaterialia 111, pp. 290 - 301 (2020)

Baer, A.; Horbelt, N.; Nijemeisland, M.; Garcia, S. J.; Fratzl, P.; Schmidt, S.; Mayer, G.; Harrington, M. J.: Shear-Induced β-Crystallite Unfolding in Condensed Phase Nanodroplets Promotes Fiber Formation in a Biological Adhesive. ACS Nano 13 (5), pp. 4992 - 5001 (2019)

Pasche, D.; Horbelt, N.; Marin, F.; Motreuil, S.; Fratzl, P.; Harrington, M. J.: Self-healing silk from the sea: role of helical hierarchical structure in Pinna nobilis byssus mechanics. Soft Matter 15 (47), pp. 9654 - 9664 (2019)

Tunn, I.; Harrington, M. J.; Blank, K. G.: Bioinspired histidine–Zn²⁺ coordination for tuning the mechanical properties of self-healing coiled coil cross-linked hydrogels. Biomimetics 4 (1), 25 (2019)

Baer, A.; Hänsch, S.; Mayer, G.; Harrington, M. J.; Schmidt, S.: Reversible supramolecular assembly of velvet worm adhesive fibers via electrostatic interactions of charged phosphoproteins. Biomacromolecules 19 (10), pp. 4034 - 4043 (2018)

Harrington, M. J.; Jehle, F.; Priemel, T.: Mussel byssus structure‐function and fabrication as inspiration for biotechnological production of advanced materials. Biotechnology Journal 13 (12), 1800133 (2018)

Jehle, F.; Fratzl, P.; Harrington, M. J.: Metal-tunable self-assembly of hierarchical structure in mussel-inspired peptide films. ACS Nano 12 (3), pp. 2160 - 2168 (2018)

Montroni, D.; Valle, F.; Rapino, S.; Fermani, S.; Calvaresi, M.; Harrington, M. J.; Falini, G.: Functional biocompatible matrices from mussel byssus waste. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 4 (1), pp. 57 - 65 (2018)

Pasche, D.; Horbelt, N.; Marin, F.; Motreuil, S.; Macías-Sánchez, E.; Falini, G.; Hwang, D. S.; Fratzl, P.; Harrington, M. J.: A new twist on sea silk: the peculiar protein ultrastructure of fan shell and pearl oyster byssus. Soft Matter 14 (27), pp. 5654 - 5664 (2018)

Trapaidze, A.; D'Antuono, M.; Fratzl, P.; Harrington, M. J.: Exploring mussel byssus fabrication with peptide-polymer hybrids: role of pH and metal coordination in self-assembly and mechanics of histidine-rich domains. European Polymer Journal 109, pp. 229 - 236 (2018)

Tunn, I.; Sanz de León, A.; Blank, K.; Harrington, M. J.: Tuning coiled coil stability with histidine-metal coordination. Nanoscale 10 (48), pp. 22725 - 22729 (2018)

Baer, A.; Schmidt, S.; Haensch, S.; Eder, M.; Mayer, G.; Harrington, M. J.: Mechanoresponsive lipid-protein nanoglobules facilitate reversible fibre formation in velvet worm slime. Nature Communications 8, 974 (2017)

Diba, M.; Camargo, W. A.; Brindisi, M.; Farbod, K.; Klymov, A.; Schmidt, S.; Harrington, M. J.; Draghi, L.; Boccaccini, A. R.; Jansen, J. A. et al.; van den Beucken, J. J. J. P.; Leeuwenburgh, S. C. G.: Composite colloidal gels made of bisphosphonate-functionalized gelatin and bioactive glass particles for regeneration of osteoporotic bone defects. Advanced Functional Materials 27 (45), 1703438 (2017)

Enke, M.; Jehle, F.; Bode, S.; Vitz, J.; Harrington, M. J.; Hager, M. D.; Schubert, U. S.: Histidine–zinc interactions investigated by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and their application in self-healing polymers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 218 (5), 1600458 (2017)

Fu, J.; Guerette, P. A.; Pavesi, A.; Horbelt, N.; Lim, C. T.; Harrington, M. J.; Miserez, A.: Artificial hagfish protein fibers with ultra-high and tunable stiffness. Nanoscale 9 (35), pp. 12908 - 12915 (2017)

Montroni, D.; Piccinetti, C.; Fermani, S.; Calvaresi, M.; Harrington, M. J.; Falini, G.: Exploitation of mussel byssus mariculture waste as a water remediation material. RSC Advances 7 (58), pp. 36605 - 36611 (2017)

Priemel, T.; Degtyar, E.; Dean, M. N.; Harrington, M. J.: Rapid self-assembly of complex biomolecular architectures during mussel byssus biofabrication. Nature Communications 8, 14539 (2017)