Zinta Zimele1,*, Ilze Irbe2, Juris Grinins2, Oskars Bikovens2, Anrijs Verovkins2, Diana Bajare1
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.9, pp. 1067-1076, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.09646
Abstract Novel mycelium-based biocomposites (MBB) were obtained from local
agricultural (hemp shives) and forestry (wood chips) by-products which were
bounded together with natural growth of fungal mycelium. As a result, hemp
mycocomposites (HMC) and wood mycocomposites (WMC) were manufactured.
Mechanical, water absorption and biodegradation properties of MBB were investigated. MBB were characterized also by ash content and elemental composition.
The results of MBB were compared with the reference materials such as the commercial MBB material manufactured by Ecovative® Design (EV), hemp magnesium oxychloride concrete (HC) and cemented wood wool panel (CW),
manufactured by CEWOOD®. The mechanical properties of HMC and WMC… More >
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