Mechanochemical Synthesis of Recyclable Biohybrid Polymer Networks Using Whole Biomass.

ABSTRACT: Whole-plant biomass from non-agricultural sources and waste biomass from processing agricultural products are both promising feedstocks for biopolymer production because they are abundant and do not compete with food production. However, their processing steps are notoriously tedious with the final materials often displaying inferior performance and limited scope in their properties. Here, we report a strategy to integrate whole-cell spirulina, a green-blue algae, into robust biohybrid algae-polyimine networks by leveraging a mechanochemical ball milling method. This strategy provides a greener synthetic approach to conventional solvent casting methods for polyimine synthesis; it simultaneously overcomes persistent constraints encountered in biomass processing and derivatization. The biohy

SUBMITTER: Jiang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416453 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature