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ArticleScientific reports2025

Upcycling end-of-life mattresses into sustainable insulation materials through development of mycelium based biocomposites.

The Hong Phong Nguyen, Lachlan Thompson, Fareed Tamaddoni Jahromi, Huseyin Sumer, Md Morshed Alam, Mostafa Nikzad

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

The Hong Phong NguyenDepartment of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia. peternguyen@swin.edu.au.
Lachlan ThompsonDepartment of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Fareed Tamaddoni JahromiDepartment of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Huseyin SumerDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Computing and Emerging Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Md Morshed AlamDepartment of Civil and Construction Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure and Digital Construction, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.
Mostafa NikzadDepartment of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia. mnikzad@swin.edu.au.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing demand for sustainable building materials has spurred interest in bio-based composites due to lower environmental impact and higher thermal performance. This study presents the fabrication and characterization of mycelium-based insulation materials derived from recycled mattress waste, using Penicillium chrysogenum cultivated under submerged fermentation conditions. The incorporation of shredded polyurethane foam into the fungal growth matrix resulted in cohesive bio-composites with remarkable thermal stability and insulation performance. Comprehensive physicochemical analyses, including scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTG), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD), revealed that fungal degradation of the polyurethane matrix facilitated the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO

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Biocompatible MaterialsConstruction MaterialsMyceliumPenicillium chrysogenumCalcium CarbonatePolyurethanesRecyclingSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredThermogravimetryX-Ray DiffractionBiocompatible MaterialsCalcium CarbonatePolyurethanesBiodegradable insulationBiomineralizationCircular economy in constructionMattress waste recyclingMycelium compositesPenicillium chrysogenum

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PMID41413422
PMCPMC12800156

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