https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/688bbac7-b199-4389-8024-a96f21d1b319 Title: Reborn in Transparency: The Measurable Frontier of Biomanufacturing Description: When discarded food waste meets high-carbon traditional materials, can ultimate transparency be born? The BUCT-China team starts here and breaks through with a fully biological synthesis strategy. Currently, most biomanufacturing stops at basic chemicals, leaving final materials reliant on chemical polymerization. We utilize enzymatic conversion and microbial fermentation to transform waste into β-cyclodextrin and L-homoserine building blocks. Through host-guest recognition and supramolecular assembly, these blocks are directly hot-pressed into high-performance transparent materials with a stable full-spectrum transmittance of over 95%. However, synthesis is not the end. Addressing the limitation of current iGEM measurement standards to the liquid phase, we pioneered a multi-dimensional characterization framework for non-liquid, bulk transparent materials, covering optical, mechanical, thermal, and aging properties. This is not merely an attempt at waste valorization, but a leap pushing biomanufacturing from "simply synthesizable" to a new frontier of "measurable and engineerable" material innovation. Wiki | Official Page Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:37:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.igem.org https://video.igem.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/688bbac7-b199-4389-8024-a96f21d1b319 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.igem.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.