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³Û±ð²¹°ù:Ìý2017-21

Participants:ÌýÌýRollin Jones, Marimikel Charrier, Bruce Zou, Juliana Artier, Aparna Nagarajan, Chelsea Heveran, Jishen Qiu, Liya Liang, Sarah Williams

Primary Investigator:ÌýWil Srubar III, Mija Hubler, Sherri Cook, Jeff Cameron

Summary:ÌýThe objective of this project is to engineer living materials toÌýserve both biological and structural functions. Living Building Materials (LBMs) were created by inoculating an inert structural sand-hydrogel scaffold with Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, a photosynthetic cyanobacterium. The scaffold provided structural support for Synechococcus, which toughened the hydrogel matrix via calcium carbonate biomineralization. LBMs represent a platform technology that leverages biology to potentially impart novel sensing, responsive, and regenerative multifunctionality to structural materials for the built environment.

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