Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing foam, said foam comprising hydrophobin or hydrophobin variants, low-molecular-weight surfactant and fibers. The invention also relates to the foam obtained with said method. Furthermore, the invention relates to uses of the foam in light-weight 3D products, such as insulating materials and package cushion materials.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compositions comprising hydrophobin variants. Fur- thermore the invention relates to methods and uses for increasing product stability and yields with hydrophobin variants. In particular the present invention relates to hydrophobins as stabilizers in foams and emulsions.
Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide comprising a fusion of a structural protein, e.g. resilin or elastin-like protein, with at least one carbohydrate binding domain and/or with a crosslinking component, e.g. hydrophilin, wherein said polypeptide is produced in a filamentous fungi is provided. Also a nucleic acid sequence encoding such a polypeptide, an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide, an isolated host cell transformed with the expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide and a fiber comprising the polypeptide are provided.
Abstract:
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for producing graphene foam structures by assembling graphene or graphene oxide in a three-dimensional structure, wherein biomolecular surface active agents are used as a template in a water- based foam. The graphene foam structures produced by the method of the invention find industrial application for example in sensing and material applications.
Abstract:
It is disclosed a food product comprising non-toxic edible fungal mycelium as a binding agent for food particles. It is also disclosed use of fungal mycelium as a binding agent for food particles. It is further disclosed a method for the production of a food product comprising non-toxic edible fungal mycelium, comprising the steps of: providing a fungal strain; providing food particles; cultivating the fungal strain in a liquid culture media in a fermenter to provide fungal mycelium; inactivating the fungal mycelium; separating the fungal mycelium from the culture media; optionally drying the inactivated fungal mycelium; mixing the inactivated fungal mycelium with the food particles to provide a food mixture;optionally subjecting the food mixture to heat treatment at a temperature of about 70°C to about 250°C to provide a food product.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a process for the covalent attachment of lignin to cellulose in aqueous solutions, which process is characterized by preparing an aqueous mixture of lignin particles modified with tall oil fatty acids (TOFA), and reacting these TOFA- modified lignin particles with cellulose particles. The obtained modified cellulose particles are biodegradable, and have antimicrobial properties, whereby they are suitable for use in antibacterial textile surfaces (sportswear, medical textiles), tissue adhesives and as porous carriers in drug delivery. Further, the material is useful in high-volume products, such as adhesives and dispersants.