Unraveling the distinct germination processes of sporopollenin-based pollen grains and spores through morphological analyses upon natural nano-architectonics process

• Main Authors: Shi, Qian, Mohammed Shahrudin Ibrahim, Zhang, Xingyu, Hwang, Youngkyu, Chin, Hokyun, Chen, Shengyang, Tan, Wen See, Li, Hua, Song, Juha, Cho, Nam-Joon
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Engineering::Bioengineering; Pollen; Bioinspired Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162409
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The outermost exine capsules of many pollen and spore grains are composed of a chemically inert yet mechanically robust sporopollenin biopolymer. These dynamically expansible and foldable capsules have great potential as renewable functional biomaterials with industrial applications. However, the me...