About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2027 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Biosustainable Materials for a Circular Economy
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| Presentation Title |
Employing Fungi for Biosustainable Myco-materials |
| Author(s) |
Steven E. Naleway, Atul Agrawal, Jim Gallagher, Jessica Redmond, Ihsan Elnunu |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Steven E. Naleway |
| Abstract Scope |
There has been a recent explosion of interest in fungi and fungi-based materials for a variety of applications including environmentally-friendly structural and packaging materials, textile and leather alternatives, biomedical materials, and next-generation filtration media, to name a few. Despite this economic potential, and the incredible wealth of research into the biomechanics of other biological tissues originating from the animal and plant kingdoms, the biomechanics of the materials from Kingdom Fungi has been largely unstudied. This is surprising as fungi are found thriving in all biomes. This presentation will discuss our novel research into the biomechanical behavior of fungi when they face physiologically relevant conditions and the potential bioinspired applications of these insights for future sustainable materials. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |
| Keywords |
Biomaterials, Environmental Effects, Sustainability |