Inspired by the parasitic berry, the new glue may be used for seal wounds

Science Fiction Network June 17 (Wang Ziyu) Recently, after seeing a sticky crickets at the McGill University of Canada, a scientist at the University of McGill has greatly interested in the potential human application of sticky glue. It is reported that the parasitic seeds are contained in the berries of the plant and are wrapped in sticky glue on the outside. This glue can form a film or three -dimensional structure.

The parasitic plants are parasitic plants, and they are often parasitic in various types of trees such as hemp trees, apple trees, white poplars, pine trees, etc., which will endanger the health of the parasitic host. These parasitic plants on the host tree have very sticky seeds, which can stick to the bird's feathers, bark and other materials. When the birds eat berries, the seeds will stick to their beaks or feathers, and then spread the seeds to other trees through birds.

In the parasitic seeds, there is a mucus -like substance called sticky, which is composed of cellulose nanofiber in the glue matrix. Scientists have found that just need to be treated with simple moisturizing treatment, the sticky fiber adhered to the material can be stretched into a film or assembled into a 3D structure. They believe that this indicates that sticky glue is widely used in wound sealing agents or skin coverage.

Scientists say that this material can be adhered to skin and cartilage and various synthetic materials after simple processing. In addition, once it sticks to the skin, it will not break with the skin, and it can be removed at any time. In the future, the excellent performance of parasitic plants will be widely used in biomedical and other fields.

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