| 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-10: Mushroom Biotemplating Material Properties and Methods |
| Author(s) |
Emmely Villlata, Debora Lyn Porter |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Debora Lyn Porter |
| Abstract Scope |
Biotemplating is the inorganic replication of a natural structure through a chemical process. Biotemplating methods and their effects on changes in the material properties on fungal fruiting bodies (i.e. mushrooms) with monomitic (meaning one type) hyphal systems after undergoing varying chemical and physical treatments were explored. A well-known example of a monomitic species, Agaricus bisporus. (i.e. white button mushroom), was used for the creation of biotemplating samples, testing, and data collection. Material properties of both the biotemplated and original samples were found using nanoindentation after being subjected to the respective templating method. The templating methods include tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) absorption followed by sintering and acetic acid absorption followed by TEOS. Sintering burns organic matter, leaving the silica biotemplated sample. Studying the templating capabilities of these fungal monomitic fruiting bodies will allow a better understanding of their potential as a lightweight biomimetic material. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Biomaterials, Additive Manufacturing, Characterization |