Plant pollen shows a wide variety of surface structures that develop during pollen sporogenesis. Some of the structures are similar to wrinkle structures that are formed when a layered material with different Young's moduli is compressed. Here we report on the formation of wrinkled surface structures in polymer particles that is caused by electron beam irradiation of poly(methyl methacrylate) microparticles.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.