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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Fabrication of Living Entangled Network Composites Enabled by Mycelium.

Hao Wang, Jie Tao, Zhangyu Wu, Kathrin Weiland, Zuankai Wang, Kunal Masania, Bin Wang

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Hao WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Jie TaoSchool of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211106, China.
Zhangyu WuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
Kathrin WeilandShaping Matter Lab, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2629 HS, Netherlands.
Zuankai WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Kunal MasaniaShaping Matter Lab, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2629 HS, Netherlands.
Bin WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-6927-9247
City University of Hong Kong · HKDelft University of Technology · NLHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics · CNSoutheast University · CN

Funding

Innovation and Technology Fund GHP/021/19SZNational Natural Science Foundation of China 52375299Research Grants Council of Hong Kong 11213320Research Grants Council of Hong Kong 17205421Research Grants Council of Hong Kong 21203123Research Grants Council of Hong Kong C1006-20 WScience and Technology Planning Project of Shenzen Municipality JCYJ20170413141208098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organic polymer-based composite materials with favorable mechanical performance and functionalities are keystones to various modern industries; however, the environmental pollution stemming from their processing poses a great challenge. In this study, by finding an autonomous phase separating ability of fungal mycelium, a new material fabrication approach is introduced that leverages such biological metabolism-driven, mycelial growth-induced phase separation to bypass high-energy cost and labor-intensive synthetic methods. The resulting self-regenerative composites, featuring an entangled network structure of mycelium and assembled organic polymers, exhibit remarkable self-healing properties, being capable of reversing complete separation and restoring ≈90% of the original strength. These composites further show exceptional mechanical strength, with a high specific strength of 8.15 MPa g.cm

Indexed as

MyceliumBiocompatible MaterialsMaterials TestingPolymersBiocompatible MaterialsPolymersliving compositesmechanical propertiesmyceliumphase separation

Identifiers

PMID38477443
PMCPMC11200020
OpenAlexW4392750146

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