Sporopollenin, the least known yet toughest natural biopolymer
Sporopollenin is highly cross-linked polymer composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen that is extraordinarily stable and has been found chemically intact in sedimentary rocks some 500 million year old. It is the outer shell (exine) of plant spores and pollen and when extracted it is in the form of an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Materials |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmats.2015.00066/full |