Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber mats for mushroom mycelium growth investigations and formation of mycelium-reinforced nanocomposites

Mycelium-bound composites are new environmentally friendly, cost-effective and sustainable materials, enable energy-saving bio-composite fabrication, provide an alternative to synthetic materials. Current research on mycelium-based reports relatively coarse material compositions such as rice husks, cotton residues, sawdust, leaves bio-waste, etc. According research, very few publications report mycelium-reinforced with the use of nanomaterials this topic is under-researched study helps fill gap. The focus deals preparation nanocomposites including nanofiber mats investigation different mat morphologies growth fungal mycelium. mycelium macrofibers from Pleurotus ostreatus fungi were grown polyacrylonitrile (PAN) mats. Different fibrous non-fibrous membrane areas or a mixture both used for mycelial additional nutrient. Moreover, mycelium/PAN oxidative stabilized carbonized retains its morphology. For faster color differentiation between nanofibers, PAN dyed in one-step process by adding dye powder electrospinning solution tool. No significant differences morphology observed regarding types dye. These promising many applications medicine biotechnology, air water purification filtration, vertical farming, architecture, etc., fabrication.