biopolymer

[bahy-oh-pol-uh-mer]

noun

Biotechnology.

1. any polymeric chemical manufactured by a living organism, as proteins and polysaccharides.

2. such a chemical prepared by laboratory synthesis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biopolymer¹

First recorded in 1960–65; bio- + polymer

Example Sentences

Scientists created microparticles by drying a mixture of antioxidant-rich beet-green extract with an edible biopolymer.

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He used a substance called polyhydroxyalkanoate, a biopolymer derived from the fermentation of canola oil.

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The electronic cultivation substrate eSoil is made of cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer, mixed with a conductive polymer called PEDOT.

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The paper also showed that a sheet made from biopolymer composite films greatly degraded after a month underground, while, for comparison, a common plastic sandwich baggie remained completely intact after the same period underground.

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Velev added that his lab will continue working to make improvements in the structure of the biopolymer composite films with the goal of eventually matching the properties of synthetic polymer ones.

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