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US 11,993,068 B2Granted
Mycotextiles including activated scaffolds and nano-particle cross-linkers and methods of making them
AssigneeSpora Cayman Holdings Limited
InventorsLeopoldo Naranjo-Briceño, Keyla M. Fuentes, Stalin A. Bermúdez-Puga, Hernán Rebolledo, José Miguel Figueroa, Pablo Zamora
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Abstract
Mycotextiles, methods of making them, methods of processing them, and compositions and apparatuses for making and/or processing them are described herein.
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A mycotextile comprising:
- a support scaffold layer;
- a first crosslinked mycelium layer extending adjacent to a first side of the support scaffold layer, and a second crosslinked mycelium layer extending adjacent to a second side of the support scaffold layer;
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- a plurality of ceramic nanoparticles agglomerated along a surface of hyphae structures within the first and second crosslinked mycelium layers, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles are functionalized with an organic functionalizing agent adsorbed onto a surface of the ceramic nanoparticles to crosslink chitin and/or chitosan within hyphae of the first crosslinked mycelium layer and the second crosslinked mycelium layer.
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A mycotextile comprising:
- a support scaffold layer;
- a first crosslinked mycelium layer comprising a first hyphal network, wherein hyphae of the first hyphal network have an average diameter of 1 μm or greater, the first crosslinked mycelium layer extending adjacent to a first side of the support scaffold layer;
- a second crosslinked mycelium layer comprising a second hyphal network, wherein hyphae of the second hyphal network have an average diameter of 1 μm or greater, the second crosslinked mycelium layer extending adjacent to a second side of the support scaffold layer;
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- a plurality of ceramic nanoparticles agglomerated along a surface of hyphae structures within the first and second crosslinked mycelium layers, wherein a surface of each nanoparticle of the plurality of nanoparticles is functionalized with an organic functionalizing agent adsorbed onto a surface of the ceramic nanoparticles to crosslink chitin within the hyphae of the first crosslinked mycelium layer and the second crosslinked mycelium layer.
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A mycotextile comprising:
- a support scaffold layer;
- a crosslinked mycelium layer extending adjacent to at least a first side of the support scaffold layer;
- an external humidity barrier on an outer surface of the crosslinked mycelium layer;
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- a plurality of ceramic nanoparticles agglomerated along a surface of hyphae structures within the crosslinked mycelium layer, wherein a surface of each nanoparticle of the plurality of nanoparticles is functionalized with an organic functionalizing agent adsorbed onto a surface of the ceramic nanoparticles to crosslink chitin and/or chitosan within hyphae of the crosslinked mycelium layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.