Transformation of hard pollen into soft matter

Teng-Fei Fan; Soohyun Park; Qian Shi; Xingyu Zhang; Qimin Liu; Yoohyun Song; Hokyun Chin; Mohammed Shahrudin Bin Ibrahim; Natalia Mokrzecka; Yun Yang; Hua Li; Juha Song; Subra Suresh; Nam-Joon Cho

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15294-w

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Transformation of hard pollen into soft matter

Teng-Fei Fan,
Soohyun Park,
Qian Shi,
Xingyu Zhang,
Qimin Liu,
Yoohyun Song,
Hokyun Chin,
Mohammed Shahrudin Bin Ibrahim,
Natalia Mokrzecka,
Yun Yang,
Hua Li,
Juha Song,
Subra Suresh,
Nam-Joon Cho

Affiliations

Teng-Fei Fan: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Soohyun Park: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Qian Shi: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Xingyu Zhang: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Qimin Liu: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yoohyun Song: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Hokyun Chin: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Mohammed Shahrudin Bin Ibrahim: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Natalia Mokrzecka: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yun Yang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Hua Li: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Juha Song: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Subra Suresh: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Nam-Joon Cho: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15294-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Pollen is an abundant material; but, currently has limited applications. Here, the authors turn pollen grains into soft microgel by de-esterification of pectin molecules and explore the mechanical and structural changes of the pollen grains using physical and modelling approaches.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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