About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Biological Materials Science
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| Presentation Title |
Characterizing Surface Properties of Fungi Sporocarps to Understand Structure-Property Relationships |
| Author(s) |
Ihsan S. Elnunu, Steven E. Naleway |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ihsan S. Elnunu |
| Abstract Scope |
Kingdom fungi have millions of species with robust structures and versatile macrostructural, mechanical, and structural capabilities. Of those species, only a select few have been used in fungi-based materials or studied from an engineering perspective. Characterizing the surface properties of fungi sporocarps is essential to understanding their structure-property relationships. The surface properties of various species of fungi sporocarps drive the mechanical behavior when the microstructure is the same. Nanoindentation, microstructure imaging, and chemical characterization show that surface properties are primarily driven by chemical composition. Similar to how the fungi sporocarps protect their interior, the characterization of surface properties in fungi sporocarps will allow for exploration of the structure-property relationship in fungi and how they can be used as environmentally friendly bioinspired alternatives for products in industries. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Biomaterials, Mechanical Properties, |