{"id":7886,"date":"2026-02-03T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/razvoj-micelijskih-pla-kompozitov-za-izboljsane-mehanske-lastnosti-in-zmogljivost-scitenja-pred-sevanjem\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:17:44","slug":"development-of-mycelium-pla-composites-for-improved-mechanical-properties-and-radiation-shielding-pereformance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/development-of-mycelium-pla-composites-for-improved-mechanical-properties-and-radiation-shielding-pereformance\/","title":{"rendered":"Development of Mycelium-PLA Composites for Improved Mechanical Properties and Radiation Shielding Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<figure>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7331\" src=\"https:\/\/goba.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UM-Fakulteta-za-strojnistvo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"93\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Various fungal species, including <strong><em>Trametes gibbosa<\/em> (TG)<\/strong> and <strong><em>Ganoderma lucidum<\/em> (GL)<\/strong>, were integrated into <strong>PLA<\/strong> (a bioplastic derived from renewable resources such as corn starch or sugarcane. PLA is a thermoplastic and biodegradable material that serves as the primary matrix into which fungal biomass is added to enhance the mechanical and functional properties of the composite.) through extrusion. The specimens were prepared using injection moulding process (the fungal biomass and PLA were heated, blended, and forced under pressure through an extruder to obtain a homogeneous mixture suitable for further processing) for evaluation of mechanical properties .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/goba.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Makro-in-mikrostrukture-PLA-TG-kompozita.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goba.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Makro-in-mikrostrukture-PLA-TG-kompozita.png 560w, https:\/\/goba.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Makro-in-mikrostrukture-PLA-TG-kompozita-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/goba.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Makro-in-mikrostrukture-PLA-TG-kompozita-287x205.png 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"724\">Mechanical tests showed an <strong>increase in stiffness<\/strong> for most composites, whereas only the addition of <strong><em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Trametes gibbosa<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong> also improved material <strong>ductility<\/strong> (plasticity and elongation). Fracture analysis and DSC measurements confirmed that <em>T. gibbosa<\/em> particles were arranged in <strong>fibrillar structures<\/strong>, promoting a more <strong>ordered alignment of PLA molecules<\/strong> (higher crystallinity) and contributing to <strong>enhanced mechanical strength<\/strong>. Furthermore, the composites exhibited <strong>improved resistance after UVC radiation<\/strong>, with composites containing <strong><em>Ganoderma lucidum<\/em><\/strong> showing the highest level of protection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\"><p>The results indicate that <strong>incorporating fungal biomass<\/strong> into thermoplastic materials such as <strong>PLA<\/strong> not only <strong>enhances the mechanical properties<\/strong> compared to conventional mycelium-based materials but can also confer <strong>additional functional properties related to UV radiation resistance.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2301\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this study, we present a novel approach to the development of biocomposites, in which dried fungal biomass is used as a reinforcing phase within a polylactic acid (PLA) matrix. PLA serves as the primary matrix, while the mycelium functions as the reinforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1072],"tags":[979,1128,1143,1281,1152,1144],"class_list":["post-7886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studies","tag-ganoderma-lucidum","tag-medicinal-mushrooms","tag-mycelium-pla-composites","tag-reishi","tag-turkeys-tail","tag-uvc-radiation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7886"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11981,"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions\/11981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goba.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}