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Materials researched for living materials

lab Mycelium 2023

Self-healing pure mycelium

Investigates keeping pure mycelium materials alive so that they can regrow and repair damage.

Built / tested: living material samples

As reported in: Elsacker, Zhang, Dade‐Robertson (2023). Fungal Engineered Living Materials: The Viability of Pure Mycelium Materials with Self‐Healing Functionalities. Advanced Functional Materials. doi:10.1002/adfm.202301875

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