ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2018
The atypically high modulus of pollen exine.
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- Development of an Oral Delivery System for Live Adenovirus Based on Bionic Chrysanthemum Sporopollenin Exine Armor.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Multi-Stage Bioprocessing of Bee Pollen by LAB Fermentation and Enzymatic Hydrolysis: Enhancing Phenolic and Flavonoid Content and Bioactivity.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Disruption of the endoplasmic reticulum-localized fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase IPF1 caused partial male sterility in rice.Plant molecular biology · 2025Article
- Buzz pollination: investigations of pollen expulsion using the discrete element method.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity in Mechanical Properties of Plant Cell Walls.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Hydration solids.Nature · 2023Article
- Sporopollenin-inspired design and synthesis of robust polymeric materials.Communications chemistry · 2022Article
- Hollow pollen grains as scaffolding building blocks in bone tissue engineering.BioImpacts : BI · 2022Article
- Purification of Hollow Sporopollenin Microcapsules from Sunflower and Chamomile Pollen Grains.Polymers · 2021Article
- 3D mechanical characterization of single cells and small organisms using acoustic manipulation and force microscopy.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Mechanical design of apertures and the infolding of pollen grain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
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Abstract
Sporopollenin, the polymer comprising the exine (outer solid shell) of pollen, is recognized as one of the most chemically and mechanically stable naturally occurring organic substances. The elastic modulus of sporopollenin is of great importance to understanding the adhesion, transport and protective functions of pollen grains. In addition, this fundamental mechanical property is of significant interest in using pollen exine as a material for drug delivery, reinforcing fillers, sensors and adhesives. Yet, the literature reports of the elastic modulus of sporopollenin are very limited. We provide the first report of the elastic modulus of sporopollenin from direct indentation of pollen particles of three plant species: ragweed (
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