​Pollen-based paper by NTU scientists holds promise for new generation of natural components - Prof Subra Suresh and Prof Cho Nam-Joon

We are pleased to share the research achievement of Professor Subra Suresh, Professor Cho Nam-Joon and their team, which has been featured in various media.

The research team, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Song Juha of the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, solely used naturally abundant pollen grains as material's building blocks to produce paper that sensitively and reversibly responds as an actuator to variations in environmental humidity, which points to pathways for the creation of self-propelled robots, flexible electronics, and multifunctional devices. Combined with digital printing, pollen paper may hold promise for the fabrication of a new generation of programmable natural actuators – components in a machine that are responsible for moving and controlling a mechanism.

The research team has published their findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) with the title “Actuation and locomotion driven by moisture in paper made with natural pollen”. The research article can be found here - https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/03/31/1922560117 
 


Prof Subra Suresh (rightmost) and Prof Cho Nam-Joon (leftmost) together with their team. Photo credit: NTU Singapore.

Our heartiest congratulations to Prof Suresh, Prof Cho and their team on their excellent achievement!

Media Coverage:
Scienmag (UK)
Tech Xplore (US)
La Verdad (AR)
Newstrotteur (FR)
News Medical Life Sciences (AU)
AZo Materials (AU)
Todo Diaros (AR)
Pressetext (GE)
Cosmos Magazine (AU)
Channel NewsAsia (SG)
Lianhe Zaobao (SG)
Suria (SG)
BeritaMediacorp online (SG)
Tech Xplorist (IN)
Chosun Ilbo (Korea), and online (with NTU video)
Chosun Ilbo (KR)
DongA Ilbo (KR)
Extrem News (GE)
The National Tribune (AU)
Mirage News (AU)