Silk from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been used as biomedical suture material for
centuries. The unique mechanical properties of these fibers provided important clinical …

Silks are naturally occurring polymers that have been used clinically as sutures for centuries.
When naturally extruded from insects or worms, silk is composed of a filament core protein …

Spider silk has outstanding mechanical properties despite being spun at close to ambient
temperatures and pressures using water as the solvent. The spider achieves this feat of …

Three-dimensional porous scaffolds prepared from regenerated silk fibroin using either an
all-aqueous process or a process involving an organic solvent, hexafluoroisopropanol …

The Handbook of Fiber Chemistry, Third Edition provides complete coverage of scientific
and technological principles for all major natural and synthetic fibers. Incorporating new …

Silks are protein-based fibers made by arthropods for a variety of task-specific applications.
In this article, we review the key features of silk proteins. This article initially focuses on the …

Impaired wound healing can lead to local hypoxia or tissue necrosis and ultimately result in
amputation or even death. Various factors can influence the wound healing environment …

Since thousands of years humans have utilized insect silks for their own benefit and comfort.
The most famous example is the use of reeled silkworm silk from Bombyx mori to produce …

Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field that aims toward the repair of the tissues and
organs by bringing together the chemists, material scientists, and biologists to work in …

Silk fibers possess impressive mechanical properties, dependant, in part, on the crystalline β-
sheets silk II conformation. The transition to silk II from soluble silk I-like conformation in silk …