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US 11,118,305 B2Granted
Fungal textile materials and leather analogs
AssigneeThe Fynder Group, Inc.
InventorsBrendan Allen Stewart, Larry Andrew Alegria, Ryan Jacob Totman, Yuval Charles Avniel
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Abstract
Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.
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A method for making a durable sheet material, comprising:
- (a) contacting an inactivated fungal biomass with an aqueous solution comprising a liming substance;
- (b) contacting the inactivated fungal biomass from step (a) with an aqueous solution comprising a deliming substance;
- (c) contacting the inactivated fungal biomass from step (b) with an aqueous solution comprising a polymer;
- (d) contacting the inactivated fungal biomass from step (c) with an aqueous solution comprising a crosslinker;
- (e) contacting the inactivated fungal biomass from step (d) with an aqueous solution comprising a plasticizer;
- (f) drying the inactivated fungal biomass from step (e) to form a dried inactivated fungal biomass;
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- (g) heat-pressing the dried inactivated fungal biomass to form the durable sheet material.
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