Abstract
Fungi are a revolutionary, smart, and sustainable manufacturing platform that can be used to upcycle byproducts and wastes into flexible fungal materials (FFMs) such as chitin- and β-glucan-based foams, paper, and textiles. With highly adaptable manufacturing pathways, the efficiency and properties of these materials depend on the biomass source and fermentation method. Liquid substrates provide fast, upscalable, and compact production processes but are susceptible to contamination and are limited to paper-like materials for printing, wound dressings, and membranes. Solid-state fermentation is cheaper but struggles to deliver hom*ogeneous fungal growth and is used to produce fungal foams for packaging, insulation, textiles, and leather substitutes. The broad range of applications and uses of biological organisms in materials hallmarks fungi as forerunners in improving environmental sustainability globally.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1321-1331 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Trends in Biotechnology |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- biobased material
- chitin nanopaper
- foam
- fungal mycelium
- leather
- manufacturing
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Gandia, A., van den Brandhof, J., Appels, F., & Jones, M. P. (2021). Flexible Fungal Materials: Shaping the Future. Trends in Biotechnology, 39(12), 1321-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.03.002
Gandia, Antonio ; van den Brandhof, Jeroen ; Appels, Freek et al. / Flexible Fungal Materials: Shaping the Future. In: Trends in Biotechnology. 2021 ; Vol. 39, No. 12. pp. 1321-1331.
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Gandia, A, van den Brandhof, J, Appels, F & Jones, MP 2021, 'Flexible Fungal Materials: Shaping the Future', Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 1321-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.03.002
Flexible Fungal Materials: Shaping the Future. / Gandia, Antonio; van den Brandhof, Jeroen; Appels, Freek et al.
In: Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 39, No. 12, 01.12.2021, p. 1321-1331.
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Gandia A, van den Brandhof J, Appels F, Jones MP. Flexible Fungal Materials: Shaping the Future. Trends in Biotechnology. 2021 Dec 1;39(12):1321-1331. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.03.002