California Institute of Technology

Rodinde Hendrickx

Chiara Daraio

Luca Bonanomi

Eleftheria Roumeli

Biocomposites and related fabrication methods and systems are described, the biocomposites comprising compacted plants and/or algae cells having a water content of less than 15 wt %, and a minimized pore presence and/or dimensions, in which the compacted cells are in a lamellar stacked configuration with a plurality of lamellae arranged one above the other, each lamella independently having a thickness of 20 nm to 5 μm and comprising a semi-crystalline structure formed by biopolymers of cell walls of the compacted plant and/or algae cells.

Biocomposite materials and related compositions, methods and systems

Biocomposites and related fabrication methods and systems are described, the biocomposites comprising compacted plants and/or algae cells having a water content of less than 15 wt %, and a minimized pore presence and/or dimensions, in which the compacted cells are in a lamellar stacked configuration with a plurality of lamellae arranged one above the other, each lamella independently having a thickness of 20 nm to 5 &#x3bc;m and comprising a semi-crystalline structure formed by biopolymers of cell walls of the compacted plant and/or algae cells.

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Rodinde Hendrickx