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October 11, 2024
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Electrical signal transfer characteristics of mycelium-bound composites and fungal fruiting bodies

Publicated to: Fungal Ecology. 71 101358- - 2024-10-01 71(), DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101358

Authors:

Phillips, N; Weerasekera, R; Roberts, N; Gandia, A; Adamatzky, A
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Affiliations

Univ Bristol, Sch Comp Sci Elect & Elect Engn & Engn Maths - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Plant Mol & Cell Biol - Author
Univ West England, Fac Environm & Technol, Unconvent Comp Lab - Author
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Abstract

Mycelium-bound composites are normally made of discrete lignocellulosic substrate elements bound together by filamentous fungal hyphae. They can be formed into bespoke components of desired geometries by moulding or extrusion. Mycelium-bound composites with live fungi have been shown to be electrically conductive with memfractive and capacitive attributes. They can be integrated into electrical circuits with nonlinear electrical properties. Advancing fungal electronics, we studied the AC conductive properties of mycelium-bound composites and fungal fruit bodies at higher frequencies across three overlapping bands; 20 Hz to 300 kHz, 10 Hz to 4 MHz and 50 kHz to 3 GHz. Measurements indicate that mycelium-bound composites typically act as low-pass filters with a mean cut-off frequency of similar to 500 kHz; with similar to- 14 dB/decade roll-off, and mean attenuation across the pass band of
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Keywords

AnalogBiohybridEdgeHyphaMyceliumUnconventional

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Fungal Ecology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 99/200, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Ecology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Plant Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-03:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 6
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 40.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 31 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United Kingdom.

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