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US 10,604,734 B2Granted
Thermal insulation material from mycelium and forestry byproducts
AssigneeUniversity of Alaska Anchorage
InventorsPhilippe Amstislavski, Zhaohui Yang, Maria D. White
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Abstract
Disclosed are biodegradable insulation materials comprising a structural scaffold; and at least one temperature resilient fungus. Also disclosed are methods of making and using biodegradable insulation materials comprising a structural scaffold; and at least one temperature resilient fungus. For example, disclosed are methods of insulating an infrastructure comprising administering the disclosed biodegradable insulation materials to an infrastructure.
Claims15
A biodegradable insulation material comprising
- a. a structural scaffold comprising a three-dimensional structure and a mycelium from a first temperature resilient fungus, wherein the mycelium from the first temperature resilient fungus has colonized the three-dimensional structure, wherein the structural scaffold has a chitinous hydrophobic outer skin;
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- b. a substrate comprising nutritive media and a mycelium from a second temperature resilient fungus, wherein the mycelium from the second temperature resilient fungus has colonized the substrate;
- wherein the biodegradable insulation material is the result of the structural scaffold and substrate fusing together,
- wherein the first temperature resilient fungus and second temperature resilient fungus are different.
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A biodegradable insulation material comprising
- a. a structural scaffold comprising a sterilized biodegradable three-dimensional mesh that is non-toxic to the fungus and a mycelium from a first temperature resilient fungus, wherein the mycelium from the first temperature resilient fungus has colonized the three-dimensional mesh, wherein the structural scaffold has a chitinous hydrophobic outer skin;
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- b. a substrate comprising nutritive media and a second temperature resilient fungus, wherein the mycelium from a second temperature resilient fungus has colonized the substrate;
- wherein the biodegradable insulation material is the result of the structural scaffold and substrate fusing together,
- wherein the first temperature resilient fungus and second temperature resilient fungus are from different temperature resilient fungi.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.