A light transmissive composite component and method of forming the component

A method of forming a light transitive composite component comprising inserting at least one light transmitting component 3, an organic substrate 6 and bonding agent 10 into a mould 1, allowing the bonding agent 10 to mature to bond both the light transmitting component 3 and the organic substrate 6...

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1. Verfasser:	Luke Latham Moohouse Heaton
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY BUILDING BUILDING MATERIALS CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA ENZYMOLOGY FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG, OR MIXTURESCONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER SPIRITS STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TRANSPORTING VINEGAR WINE WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of forming a light transitive composite component comprising inserting at least one light transmitting component 3, an organic substrate 6 and bonding agent 10 into a mould 1, allowing the bonding agent 10 to mature to bond both the light transmitting component 3 and the organic substrate 6 and treating the contents of the mould with either heat or chemicals to terminate the maturation process of the bonding agent. The organic substrate may comprise wood and the bonding agent may comprise fungal mycelium. The light transmitting component may be a plastic optical fibre embedded in a layer of light transmissive plastic. The outer surface of the component may be coated with resin. Also claimed is a composite component formed of at least one light transmitting component 3 embedded in a matrix of mycelium comprising a mesh of hyphae which are embedded in an organic substrate.