biopolymer
Americannoun
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any polymeric chemical manufactured by a living organism, as proteins and polysaccharides.
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such a chemical prepared by laboratory synthesis.
Etymology
Origin of biopolymer
Example Sentences
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Scientists created microparticles by drying a mixture of antioxidant-rich beet-green extract with an edible biopolymer.
From Science Daily
He used a substance called polyhydroxyalkanoate, a biopolymer derived from the fermentation of canola oil.
From Seattle Times
The electronic cultivation substrate eSoil is made of cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer, mixed with a conductive polymer called PEDOT.
From Science Daily
The biopolymer composites are about four times stronger than agarose films alone, the research shows, and also resist E.coli, a commonly studied bacterium.
From Science Daily
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.
From Science Daily
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