Protein-based biological materials: Molecular design and artificial production

A Miserez, J Yu, P Mohammadi - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

Functionalized fiber-based strain sensors: pathway to next-generation wearable electronics

Z Liu, T Zhu, J Wang, Z Zheng, Y Li, J Li, Y Lai - Nano-micro letters, 2022 - Springer
Wearable strain sensors are arousing increasing research interests in recent years on
account of their potentials in motion detection, personal and public healthcare, future …

The biomedical use of silk: past, present, future

C Holland, K Numata… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Humans have long appreciated silk for its lustrous appeal and remarkable physical
properties, yet as the mysteries of silk are unraveled, it becomes clear that this outstanding …

The food–materials nexus: Next generation bioplastics and advanced materials from agri‐food residues

CG Otoni, HMC Azeredo, BD Mattos… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The most recent strategies available for upcycling agri‐food losses and waste (FLW) into
functional bioplastics and advanced materials are reviewed and the valorization of food …

As fiber meets with AIE: opening a wonderland for smart flexible materials

H Li, B Jin, Y Wang, B Deng, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aggregation‐induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have recently been developed at a
tremendous pace in the area of organic luminescent materials by virtue of their superior …

Strategies for making high‐performance artificial spider silk fibers

B Schmuck, G Greco, TB Pessatti… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a
biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes …

Protein fibers with self-recoverable mechanical properties via dynamic imine chemistry

J Sun, H He, K Zhao, W Cheng, Y Li, P Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The manipulation of internal interactions at the molecular level within biological fibers is of
particular importance but challenging, severely limiting their tunability in macroscopic …

From protein building blocks to functional materials

Y Shen, A Levin, A Kamada, Z Toprakcioglu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the fundamental building blocks for high-performance materials in nature. Such
materials fulfill structural roles, as in the case of silk and collagen, and can generate active …

Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning

S Ling, Z Qin, C Li, W Huang, DL Kaplan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
A variety of artificial spinning methods have been applied to produce regenerated silk fibers;
however, how to spin regenerated silk fibers that retain the advantages of natural silks in …

Recent advances in bioprinting using silk protein-based bioinks

J Chakraborty, X Mu, A Pramanick, DL Kaplan… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing has experienced swift growth for biological applications in the field of
regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Essential features of bioprinting include …