A leather-like material is disclosed composed of chitosan, bulk reinforcement agents such as microfibrillated cellulose, pigments, plasticizers, crosslinkers, and organic acids with properties making it suitable as a leather substitute material.

A thin coated supported glove and method of making the glove includes a thin knitted liner, including a plurality of finger components, a thumb component, a backhand component, and a palm component, wherein the thin knitted liner comprises a covered yarn including a tungsten core having a diameter of about 25-35 micrometers, a polyamide wrapping yarn disposed upon the tungsten core, and a high performance polyethylene wrapping yarn disposed upon the polyamide wrapping yarn, wherein the covered yarn is (350) denier or less; a second yarn, wherein the second yarn is an intermingled yarn of (115) denier or less; and a thin polymeric coating adhered to the thin knitted liner.

The invention relates to fungal materials comprising fungal biomass, a polysaccharide-based matrix, a plasticicer (e.g. a polyol and/or latex), and an emulsifying agent. The invention also relates to methods of producing said fungal materials, and to uses of said fungal materials.

Described herein are unidirectional tapes and methods of making thereof. The unidirectional tapes disclosed herein include a unidirectional fiber layer and discontinuous coating layer that includes a plurality of discontinuous coating regions on at least one side of the unidirectional fiber layer.

A flexible material is disclosed comprising a flexible substrate, a sorbent comprising zirconium hydroxide and a binder, wherein the solids weight ratio of the binder to the zirconium hydroxide is in the range 1:1 to 1:120. Also disclosed is a process for production of a fabric, comprising: providing a flexible material, providing at least one sorbent dispersion comprising zirconium hydroxide and a binder, applying the sorbent dispersion to the flexible material to produce a treated flexible material, squeezing the treated flexible material under pressure, and passing the pressed treated flexible material through a stenter.

An ABA triblock polymer including an A block and a B block, in which the A block is a random polymer including a constituent unit derived from a reactive group-containing polymerizable monomer and a constituent unit derived from a hydrophobic group-containing polymerizable monomer, and the B block contains a divalent organopolysiloxane residue in a main chain, as well as applications thereof.

An artificial leather is provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, including: an artificial bio-nutritional fiber layer and a mycelium layer. The artificial bio-nutritional fiber layer includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of holes, in which the plurality of holes extends from the first surface to the second surface. The mycelium layer encapsulates the first surface and the second surface of the artificial bio-nutritional fiber layer, and extends from the first surface to the second surface through the plurality of holes. A manufacture method of an artificial leather is further provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Provided is a composite fabric having a base fabric and at least one bacterial biopolymer layer. The base fabric is a woven fabric, and includes warp yarns and weft yarns. At least a first plurality of warp yarns and a first plurality of weft yarns form a base layer of the base fabric. A second plurality of warp yarns and/or a second plurality of weft yarns forms an additional layer of loop portions on at least one of the sides of the base fabric. The bacterial biopolymer layer is provided at least on part of the additional layer. Further provided is a process for the production of the composite fabric and a clothing article formed of the composite fabric.

A light-transparent fabric, as may be affixed to an artificial leather or incorporated in an automotive interior, consists of two fabric layers which are parallel to each other and spaced apart and a support layer which connects the two fabric layers together. The support layer is formed of connecting yarns, and the fabric layers are woven from fabric yarns. The meshes formed in the first fabric layer are the first meshes while the meshes formed in the second fabric layer are the second meshes, and 80%-100% of the first meshes align with the second meshes one by one. At least 80% of the support threads in the connecting yarns are arranged in the shape of an I. The ratio of the diameter of the connecting yarns to the diameter of the fabric yarns is 1.1:1.5. The light-transparent fabric has both high transmittance and high mechanical performance.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mycelium mat into leather by using pH-controlled tannic acid. The method comprises the following steps: (1) inactivating the mycelium mat; (2) infiltrating the mycelium mat with a polysaccharide solution; (3) treating the polysaccharide-infused mycelium mat with a tannic acid solution; and (4) introducing a buffering agent to the tannic acid-treated mycelium mat. This innovative approach enhances the mechanical properties of the resulting leather, offering an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional leather materials.