Quantification of Structure-Property Relationships for Plant Polyesters Reveals Suberin and Cutin Idiosyncrasies.

ABSTRACT: Polyesters, as they exist in planta, are promising materials with which to begin the development of "green" replacements. Cutin and suberin, polyesters found ubiquitously in plants, are prime candidates. Samples enriched for plant polyesters, and in which their native backbones were largely preserved, were studied to identify "natural" structural features; features that influence critical physical properties. Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and X-ray scattering methods were used to quantify structure-property relationships in these polymeric materials. The degree of esterification, namely, the presence of acylglycerol linkages in suberin and of secondary esters in cutin, and the existence of mid-chain epoxide groups defining th

SUBMITTER: Bento A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634382 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature