Self-assembled silk fibroin particles: Tunable size and appearance

Powder Technology

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-90

  Shi, Pujiang ^a   Goh, James C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Particles; Self assembly; Silk fibroin

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY CARRIER; PROTEIN COMPONENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SILK FIBROIN; TERNARY SOLUTION; VOLUME RATIO;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BLENDING; CENTRIFUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ETHANOL; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

SILK;

ALCOHOL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILK FIBROIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; FREEZING; PARTICLE SIZE; SILK; SILKWORM; THAWING;

EID: 84861889166     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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