Artificial Cutile-New Trend of Biomimicry Based on New Materials Design-

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26620183
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Polymer/Textile materials
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Uyama Hiroshi 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (70203594)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: クチクラ / クチン / バイオミミクリー / ダイマー酸 / バクテリアセルロース / バイオベースポリマー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Plant cuticle is an ideal bio-based packaging material with well-balanced performance. This study deals with new biomimic design of artificial cutin and cuticle. A network polymer consisting of soft segment derived from plant oils such as dimer acid and ricinoleic acid was synthesized as artificial cutin. Cellulose sheet from reactive bacterial cellulose and amorphous cellulose was used for lamination with artificial cutin to produce artificial cuticle.

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