About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 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 |
Filamentous Fungi as inspiration and building-blocks in sustainable materials |
| Author(s) |
Debora Lyn Porter, Soroosh Salehi, Tianxiang Zhao |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Debora Lyn Porter |
| Abstract Scope |
Filamentous fungi are increasingly being studied for their potential use in creating environmentally friendly, sustainable materials. This has led to the creation of consumer products such as textiles, packaging materials, and composite bio-boards. While some materials can be generated completely from biological materials, some fungi-inspired materials can be made in connection with some advanced manufacturing methods that make direct use of these natural materials and their structures and functions. Biotemplating, a method of copying a natural material on multiple length scales into an inorganic material, and growth methods are explored in terms of their properties, designability, and sustainability. Things such as the lead time of samples (including growth and processing time), scalability, and life cycle of resulting samples are analyzed. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Biomaterials, Characterization, Mechanical Properties |