Preserving the inflated structure of lyophilized sporopollenin exine capsules with polyethylene glycol osmolyte

• Main Authors: Corliss, Michael K., Bok, Chuan Kiat, Gillissen, Jurriaan, Potroz, Michael G., Jung, Haram, Tan, Ee-Lin, Mundargi, Raghavendra C., Cho, Nam-Joon
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Pollen Inflation; Osmotic Stress
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139635
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Extracted from natural pollen grains, sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) are robust, chemically inert biopolymer shells that posess highly uniform size and shape characteristics and that can be utilized as hollow microcapsules for drug delivery applications. However, it is challenging to extract fu...