Application 03 · Somalore

Multimodal sensors

The same composite that makes a material can make it aware. Mycelium provides a porous, high-surface-area scaffold; graphene oxide provides the electrical response.

Flexible sensor patch with printed gold circuitry on an organic substrate

The problem

Monitoring temperature, humidity, contamination and gas leaks today needs separate, costly sensor systems.

Our platform

One composite substrate carrying multiple sensing modes on a single low-cost element.

What it senses

Temperature, humidity, heavy metals in water, and gas leaks.

How the composite senses

Graphene oxide changes its electrical behaviour on adsorption and hydration; the mycelium scaffold maximises the surface where that happens.

01

Temperature

Resistance shifts predictably with thermal state across ambient and cold-chain ranges.

02

Humidity

Water uptake in the graphene-oxide layer changes impedance reversibly.

03

Heavy metals

Functionalised surfaces bind target ions, producing a measurable electrical signature.

04

Gas leaks

Charge transfer from adsorbed gas molecules alters conductance.

Platform advantages

Every property here is set during growth and formulation — the performance is the material, not a coating on top of it.

01Multiple modalities on one substrate instead of a stack of discrete sensors
02Large effective surface area from the grown scaffold improves sensitivity
03Low-cost, low-power and printable — suited to dense deployment
04Biodegradable substrate for disposable and single-use monitoring
05Targets cold chain, water quality, industrial safety and environmental monitoring
Work with the material

Sampling, qualification and pilot programmes run from our Hyderabad centre.

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