Methods for manufacturing biomaterial-based materials via extrusion

Abstract

Fibrous materials that include biomaterials are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such fibrous materials. In some embodiments, a biomaterial-based fibrous material is formed by extruding a deformable mixture comprising the biomaterial into a desired spatial configuration and subsequently treating the deformable mixture to form the fibrous material. In some cases, the fibrous material may be a textile and/or the biomaterial may comprise fungal biomass. The biomaterial-based fibrous materials disclosed herein may have advantageous mechanical and aesthetic properties that make the fibrous materials especially suitable for use, by way of non-limiting example, as leather analog materials.

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