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Leather-like material biofabrication using fungi

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  • Mitchell Jones

    (RMIT University
    University of Vienna)

  • Antoni Gandia

    (Institut de Biologia Molecular i Cel·lular de Plantes (IBMCP), Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València)

  • Sabu John

    (RMIT University)

  • Alexander Bismarck

    (University of Vienna
    Imperial College London)

Abstract

Fungi-derived leather substitutes are an emerging class of ethically and environmentally responsible fabrics that are increasingly meeting consumer aesthetic and functional expectations and winning favour as an alternative to bovine and synthetic leathers. While traditional leather and its alternatives are sourced from animals and synthetic polymers, these renewable sustainable leather substitutes are obtained through the upcycling of low-cost agricultural and forestry by-products into chitinous polymers and other polysaccharides using a natural and carbon-neutral biological fungal growth process. Following physical and chemical treatment, these sheets of fungal biomass visually resemble leather and exhibit comparable material and tactile properties.

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  • Mitchell Jones & Antoni Gandia & Sabu John & Alexander Bismarck, 2021. "Leather-like material biofabrication using fungi," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 9-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:4:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41893-020-00606-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00606-1
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