Material agency: operationalizing the living/nonliving interface in engineered materials.

Authors

Andrea Belluati

Published in

Trends in biotechnology. Aug 18, 2026. Epub Aug 18, 2026.

Abstract

The label 'engineered living materials' groups devitalized mycelium composites with metabolically active biosensors, applying shared metrics to systems with fundamentally different failure modes, safety profiles, and engineering requirements. This forum proposes a four-class operational taxonomy, a Maximum Agency Potential classification principle, and a minimum reporting standard that classify systems by biological agency dependence during use.

PMID:
42613269
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 19 Aug 2026.

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