Transformation of hard pollen into soft matter
oleh: 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
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-03-01 |
Deskripsi
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.