#MycelioTronics

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺animalculum@scholar.social
2022-11-14

Using #mushroom skin as a #biodegradable base for computer chips techxplore.com/news/2022-11-mu

#MycelioTronics: Fungal #mycelium skin for #SustainableElectronics science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv by Doris Danninger et al.

#Ganoderma lucidum grows a skin to cover its mycelium—its root-like part. The skin protects the mushroom from other #fungi and #bacteria. It is flexible, provideds good insulation and is able to withstand high temperatures. It works nearly as well as plastic substrates for #ComputerChips.

A complicated figure showing formation and properties of mycelium skin. (A) Structure of G. lucidum fungus. Mycelium roots are growing inside the chosen medium, with fruiting bodies forming on the surface at longer growth times. Mycelium strains consist of hyphen structures on a microscopic level. Scale, bar 10 μm. (B) Concept of using mycelium skin as substrate for electronic devices. (C) Growth of mycelium skin on PE-separator grid and underlying substrate. (D) Three distinct types of mycelium skin are obtained depending on the growth time. Sides A and B refer to the surface in contact with the surrounding air and the separation grid, respectively. (E) TGA of all mycelium types with a constant temperature change of 0.166 K/s, revealing thermal stability to more than 250°C.

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