Startup name
Ecovative Design LLC
Country
USA
Idea description
US company Ecovative Design LLC
Ecovative has learned to make produce structures and materials of the highest quality. Through the process of cytokinesis, mushrooms infinitely divide into complex networks that fill all available space with tightly interwoven fibers. The walls of the mycelium cells are reinforced with chitin, the same strong material that insect shells are made of, which provides high tensile strength.
Combining their strong cell walls with their woven structure and their self-preserving nature, allows to create the supermaterial of the future.
Industry
- Secondary recycling bioengineering