Reactive fungal wearable

Adamatzky, Andrew; Nikolaidou, Anna; Gandía, Antoni; Chiolerio, Alessandro; Dehshibi, Mohammad Mahdi

doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104304

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“…So far, Ecovative has demonstrated that lignocellulosic CMM can be a viable alternative to replace expanded polystyrene packaging [ 74 ]. Mycelium was also shown to be an interesting support material for electronic circuit boards instead of commonly used acrylic plastics or as e-textiles and reactive fungal wearables [ 75 – 77 ]. Mycelium material properties that are appreciated features for electronic support applications are their heat and thermal resistance, light weight, modulable shape and hydrophobic nature [ 75 ].…”

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Current state and future prospects of pure mycelium materials

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Elsacker

Wylick

et al. 2021

Fungal Biol Biotechnol

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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 organic feedstocks and functionalized into a range of diverse material types which are biobased and thus more sustainable in terms of their production, use and recycling. Pure mycelium materials, consisting only of mycelial biomass, can adopt versatile properties and appear promising as a substitute for current petrochemically produced polymeric materials or, in the case of myco-leather, as a substitute for animal-based leather. In recent years, a handful of private companies have been innovating to bring products based on pure mycelium materials to the market while scientific interest in these promising biomaterials is now starting to gain momentum. In this primer, we introduce pure mycelium materials, frame different production methods, review existing and potential future applications, thereby offering a vision on future advances for this emerging fungi-based technology.

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Section: Three Areas Ripe For Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current state and future prospects of pure mycelium materials

Vandelook

Elsacker

Wylick

et al. 2021

Fungal Biol Biotechnol

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“…We demonstrated that hemp pads colonised by the fungus P. ostreatus (Fig. 6(a)) show distinctive sets of responses to chemical stimulation [11,32]. We stimulated colonised hemp pads with 96% ethanol, malt extract powder (Sigma Aldrich, UK) dissolved in distilled water, dextrose (Ritchie Products Ltd, UK) and hydrocortisone (Solu-Cortef trademark, 4 mL Act-O-Vial, Pfizer, Athens, Greece).…”

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Fungal electronics

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Beasley³

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“…32 − 37 More recently, we have demonstrated a reactive fungal wearable made out of Pleurotus ostreatus mycelium. 38 …”

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Acetobacter Biofilm: Electronic Characterization and Reactive Transduction of Pressure

Chiolerio

Adamatzky

2021

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng.

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The bacterial skin studied here is a several centimeter-wide colony of Acetobacter aceti living on a cellulose-based hydrogel. We demonstrate that the colony exhibits trains of spikes of extracellular electrical potential, with amplitudes of the spikes varying from 1 to 17 mV. The bacterial pad responds to mechanical stimulation with distinctive changes in its electrical activity. While studying the passive electrical properties of the bacterial pad, we found that the pad provides an open-circuit voltage drop (between 7 and 25 mV) and a small short-circuit current (1.5–4 nA). We also observed by pulsed tomography and spatially resolved impedance spectroscopy that the conduction occurs along preferential paths, with the peculiar side-effect of having a higher resistance between closer electrodes. We speculate that the Acetobacter biofilms could be utilized in the development of living skin for soft robots: such skin will act as an electrochemical battery and a reactive tactile sensor. It could even be used for wearable devices.

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Reactive fungal wearable

Cited by 56 publications

References 31 publications

Current state and future prospects of pure mycelium materials

Current state and future prospects of pure mycelium materials

Fungal electronics

Acetobacter Biofilm: Electronic Characterization and Reactive Transduction of Pressure

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