Controlled self-assembly of plant proteins into high-performance multifunctional nanostructured films

Green use of plant derived proteins in functional materials has been limited by inefficient methods to control micro and nanoscale structure. Here, the authors use nanoscale assembly of water-insoluble plant proteins to make meter scale films with comparable properties to conventional plastics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ayaka Kamada, Marc Rodriguez-Garcia, Francesco Simone Ruggeri, Yi Shen, Aviad Levin, Tuomas P. J. Knowles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23813-6