Pollen sponge (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University

Pollen sponge

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To make the sponge, the research team first transformed tough pollen grains into a soft gel-like material, before freeze-drying the material. These processes resulted in the formation of pollen sponges with 3D porous architectures.

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