Structure and properties of biomedical films prepared from aqueous and acidic silk fibroin solutions

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 97 A, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Rajkhowa, Rangam ^a   Levin, Brett ^b   Redmond, Sharon L ^b,c   Li, Lu Hua ^a   Wang, Lijing ^d   Kanwar, Jagat R ^a   Atlas, Marcus D ^b,c   Wang, Xungai ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Degradation; Silk fibroin film; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FORMIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILK; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CAST FILM; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FILM PROPERTIES; MASS LOSS; PROMISING MATERIALS; RANDOM COIL CONFORMATION; SDS-PAGE; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SILK FIBROIN; SILK FIBROIN FILM; SILK FIBROIN FILMS; SMALL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACIDS; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

FILMS;

ALCOHOL; FIBROIN; FORMIC ACID; PROTEINASE; SILK FIBROIN; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; WATER; ACID; BIOMATERIAL; PRONASE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; BIOMEDICAL FILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FILM; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REDUCTION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBROINS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PRONASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79951979519     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33021     Document Type: Article

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