Development of an Extrudable Paste to build Mycelium-bound Composites

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العنوان: Development of an Extrudable Paste to build Mycelium-bound Composites
المؤلفون: Soh, E., Chew, Z. Y., Saeidi, N., Javadian, A., Hebel, D., Ferrand, H. Le
المصدر: Materials & Design 2020
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Applied Physics, Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: Mycelium-bound composites are promising materials for sustainable packaging, insulation, fashion, and architecture. However, moulding is the main fabrication process explored to date, strongly limiting the ability to design the complex shapes that could widen the range of applications. Extrusion is a facile and low energy-cost process that has not been explored yet for mycelium-bound composites with design freedom and structural properties. In this study, we combine cheap, easily and commonly available agricultural waste materials, bamboo microfibres, chitosan, and mycelium from Ganoderma Lucidum, to establish a composite mixture that is workable, extrudable and buildable. We study the impact of bamboo fibre size, chitosan concentration, pH and weight ratio of bamboo to chitosan to determine the optimum growth condition for the mycelium as well as highest mechanical stiffness. The resulting materials have thus low energy costs, are sustainable and can be shaped in diverse forms easily. The developed composition is promising to further explore the use of mycelium-bound materials for structural applications using agricultural waste.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.109058
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.01955
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2009.01955
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv