Silk is mostly known as a luxurious textile, which originates from silkworms first cultivated in
China. A deeper look into the variety of silk reveals that it can be used for much more, in …

Silk Fibroin (SF), a protein typically extracted from Bombyx mori cocoons, is considered to
play an essential role in advancing the development of a more sustainable generation of …

Substantial progress in biomaterial research over the years has culminated in revolutionary
technological advancements in the healthcare domain. This has triggered the quest for …

Increasing demand for lightweight material has moved the industries to switchover to the
polymer-based composite materials. The polymer composite materials mainly use synthetic …

Silk fibroin hydrogels occupy an essential position in the biomedical field due to their
remarkable biological properties, excellent mechanical properties, flexible processing …

Dissolution is an important part of silk fibroin (SF) reprocessing, and it is the only way to
process it into films, gels, porous scaffold materials, and electrostatic spinning silk fibers …

Silk is increasingly being used as a biomaterial for tissue engineering applications, as well
as sutures, due to its unique mechanical and chemical properties. Silk Biomaterials for …

Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

Tissue engineering (TE) is a multidisciplinary field that aims at the in vitro engineering of
tissues and organs by integrating science and technology of cells, materials and …

In the context of this era of complementary interdisciplinary advances, the design and
preparation of hydrogel materials has been a hot avenue of research for a variety of …