Water-processable, biodegradable and coatable aquaplastic from engineered biofilms
March 18th, 2021 by Anna M. Duraj-Thatte
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 18 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41589-021-00773-y
Built of bacterial biofilm proteins, aquaplastic is a biodegradable material that can easily be processed from a hydrogel state into bulk materials, is resistant to acids, bases and organic solvents, and is easily healable and weldable in water.