| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Biological Materials Science
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| Presentation Title |
A-8: Micro-Mechanical Structure-Property Relationships in Filamentous Fungi for Biomedical Applications |
| Author(s) |
Jessica N. Redmond, Ihsan S Elnunu, James A. L. Gallagher, Steven E Naleway |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jessica N. Redmond |
| Abstract Scope |
Fungi have been largely investigated for their various traditional medicinal applications, but only recently has this kingdom been viewed as a possible material for biomedical applications. This research seeks to investigate the micro-mechanical structure-property relationships to increase fungi’s applicability as a structural material. Micro-mechanical testing on filamentous fungi varied in a statistically significant way as a function of testing direction. These results indicate the role of hyphae, the cellular building block of fungi, in anisotropy. Following fungi culture and observation, a trend emerged where higher mitic orders, i.e., the varieties of hyphae present, of fungi utilized a greater amount of material in their hyphal structures. These observations are consistent with the micro-mechanical testing results. This research builds the foundation in investigating how the differences in hyphal structure and micro-mechanical properties affect the strength of filamentous fungi to allow for better application of fungi-based materials in biomedical applications. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Biomaterials, Mechanical Properties, |