R. Keever's scientific contributions

Publication (1)

Article
Mycelium is a biopolymer that has the potential to be a sustainable replacement for petroleum based foams in some engineering applications. During a recent study, with the objectives to first relate the effects of growing conditions on material properties and second to develop a model to predict the bulk behavior of mycelium, it was found that a va...

Citations

... MPa and 0.6-2.0 MPa, respectively 13,53,94 . The post-processed leather-like material is distinguished from the precursor tissue by a higher moisture content (>15% compared to <12%), density (240-800 kg m -3 ) and elastic modulus 13 . ...