Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Fungi in mycelium-based composites: usage and recommendations

M Sydor, G Cofta, B Doczekalska, A Bonenberg - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycelium-Based Composites (MBCs) are innovative engineering materials made from
lignocellulosic by-products bonded with fungal mycelium. While some performance …

Current state and future prospects of pure mycelium materials

S Vandelook, E Elsacker, A Van Wylick… - Fungal biology and …, 2021 - Springer
In the context of the ongoing transition from a linear to a circular economy, ecologically
friendly renewable solutions are put in place. Filamentous fungi can be grown on various …

Mycelium-based composites in art, architecture, and interior design: a review

M Sydor, A Bonenberg, B Doczekalska, G Cofta - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycelium-based composites (MBCs) have attracted growing attention due to their role in the
development of eco-design methods. We concurrently analysed scientific publications …

Green sustainable biocomposites: Substitute to plastics with innovative fungal mycelium based biomaterial

N Verma, SE Jujjavarapu, C Mahapatra - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The huge macroscopic biomass matrix known as mycelium is made up of an interconnected,
self-expanding web of elongated cells. By decomposing and recycling a variety of biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Development of an extrudable paste to build mycelium-bound composites

E Soh, ZY Chew, N Saeidi, A Javadian, D Hebel… - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Mycelium-bound composites are promising materials for sustainable packaging, insulation,
fashion, and architecture. However, moulding is the main fabrication process explored to …

Sustainable mycelium-bound biocomposites: design strategies, materials properties, and emerging applications

JK Muiruri, JC Chuan Yeo, Q Zhu, E Ye… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Extrication from the use of fossil-based products has grown more critical in recent years. This
disengagement has been driven by deliberate environmental campaigns focusing on …

Unlocking the magic in mycelium: Using synthetic biology to optimize filamentous fungi for biomanufacturing and sustainability

C Jo, J Zhang, JM Tam, GM Church, AS Khalil… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

Advanced mycelium materials as potential self-growing biomedical scaffolds

ME Antinori, M Contardi, G Suarato, A Armirotti… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mycelia, the vegetative part of fungi, are emerging as the avant-garde generation of natural,
sustainable, and biodegradable materials for a wide range of applications. They are …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of mycelium bio-composites by utilization of different agricultural residual byproducts

L Peng, J Yi, X Yang, J Xie, C Chen - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycelium bio-composites was developed by incubating Pleurotus ostreatus fungi on
different substrates from agricultural residual byproducts, including rice straw, bagasse, coir …