Preparation and characterization of electrospun silk fibroin/sericin blend fibers

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2931-2937

  Hang, Yichun ^a   Zhang, Yaopeng ^a   Jin, Yuan ^a   Shao, Huili ^a   Hu, Xuechao ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber; Macromolecular structure; Morphology

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; BLEND FIBERS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; ELECTROSPINNABILITY; ELECTROSPUNS; HELIX STRUCTURES; MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MASS RATIO; RANDOM COIL; SHEET STRUCTURE; SILK FIBROIN; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILK;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

CALORIMETRY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REGENERATED PROTEIN FIBERS; SILK; SPINNING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 82955205779     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.356     Document Type: Article

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