Abaphandi abavela kwiYunivesithi yaseColorado Boulder's ATLAS Institute benze umatshini ovelisa iintsinga zempahla yempahla esuka kwigelatin egcinwe ngokuzinzileyo eya kunyibilika emanzini ashushu ukulwa nenkunkuma yelaphu.
Umatshini wokuchwetheza we-$560 usebenzisa inkqubo yesirinji ukukhupha igelatin elulwelo ethi emva koko yolulwe ibe yimo ebhityileyo ende ngeerola. Ii-“bio-fibres” zeqela zichazwa njengeziziva zifana neflakisi kwaye zinokunyibilika emanzini ashushu kwimizuzu ukuya kwiyure.
Iqela, elikhokelwa ngu-Eldy Lázaro Vásquez, umfundi ogqirha kwi-ATLAS Institute, ubonise iziphumo kwiNkomfa ye-CHI kwiiNkcukacha zoLuntu kwiiNkqubo zeComputing e-Honolulu.
Abaphandi bachaza ukuba minyaka yonke abavelisi benyama balahla i-gelatin enkulu engahambelani neemfuno zokuthambisa okanye iimveliso zokutya.
“Xa ungasazifuni ezi laphu, ungazinyibilikisa kwaye uphinde usebenzise igelatin ukwenza iintsinga ezininzi,” utshilo uMichael Rivera, unjingalwazi oncedisayo we-ATLAS emva kophando oluthiwe thaca kwiNkomfa ye-CHI.
Ubungqina bengqikelelo yoluvo lwezinzwa zelaphu zegelatine zinyibilike xa zifunwa, zivumela izixhobo ezishunyekiweyo zetekhnoloji ukuba zifumaneke kwakhona kwaye kukhululwe imisonto ukuze isetyenziswe ngokulula kwaye isetyenziswe kwakhona. Iqela lathi abaqulunqi banokuzisa idayi ezisekelwe kwi-bio, ii-agent zokuqinisa ezifana neziqhamo zeziqhamo, okanye ezinye izongezo ngexesha lenkqubo yokujikeleza.
“Unokwenza ngokwezifiso iintsinga ngamandla kunye nokwaluka okufunayo, umbala owufunayo,” utshilo uLázaro Vásquez. “Ngolu hlobo lomatshini wokuchwetheza, nabani na angenza iintsinga. Awubadingi oomatshini abakhulu abakumasebe eyunivesithi kuphela.”
Ii-bio-fibers ezinokunyibilika zijonge ukujongana nengxaki yokukhula kwenkunkuma yamalaphu, ngaphezulu kwe-11m yeetoni zongezwe kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma e-US ngo-2018 kuphela ngokwedatha ye-EPA.
Ngaphaya kwegelatin, iqela liphanda iifibers ezisontelwe kwezinye izinto zendalo ezifana ne-crab shell chitin kunye nealgae-based agar-agar.
“Sizama ukucinga ngawo wonke umjikelo wobomi bempahla yethu,” wongeze watsho uLázaro Vásquez. “Oko kuqala apho izinto zivela khona. Ngaba singayifumana kwinto edla ngokumosha?”
Uphononongo olufanayo lwenziwa emva ngo-2015 yi-American Chemical Society apho iglavu yenziwa khona ukusuka kumsonto wegelatin ephuma kwi-collagen.
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