Regeneration of high-quality silk fibroin fiber by wet spinning from CaCl2-formic acid solvent

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-145

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Lu, Qiang ^a   Yue, Xiaoxiao ^a   Zuo, Baoqi ^a   Qin, Mingde ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Kaplan, David L ^b   Zhang, Xueguang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber; Hierarchical structure; Mechanical property; Nanofibril; Silk protein

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ACID SOLVENTS; CONDITION; DISSOLUTION BEHAVIOUR; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH QUALITY; NANO-FIBRILS; NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS; SILK FIBROIN FIBERS; SILK PROTEINS; WET-SPINNING;

NANOFIBERS;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FORMIC ACID; NANOFIBER; SILK FIBROIN; FIBROIN; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILK; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REPRODUCIBILITY; WET SPINNING; WETTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARANEAE;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FIBROINS; FORMATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILK; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84924974494     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.09.045     Document Type: Article

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