A new technique to take suberin out of cork and then re-make it in a more useful film form

A greener source of polyester — cork trees

By American Chemical Society Cristina Silva Pereira, Ph.D.—— Bio and Archives--April 16, 2014

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On the scale of earth-friendly materials, you’d be hard pressed to find two that are farther apart than polyester (not at all) and cork (very). In an unexpected twist, however, scientists are figuring out how to extract a natural, waterproof, antibacterial version of the first material from the latter. Their new technique, which could have applications in medical devices, appears in the ACS journal Biomacromolecules.

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