Recently, considerable attention has been paid to Bombyx mori silk fibroin by a range of
scientists from polymer chemists to biomaterial researchers because it has excellent …

During the past decade, Raman spectroscopy has been increasingly applied for the analysis
of objects of art and antiquities. Since the publication of the database of Raman spectra of …

Smallholder farmers and manufacturers in the Agri-Food sector face substantial challenges
because of increasing circulation of counterfeit products (eg, seeds), for which current …

In this work, the suitability of imidazolium-based ionic liquid solvents is investigated for the
dissolution and regeneration of silkworm (Bombyx mori) silk. Within an ionic liquid the anion …

Developing hydrogel which combines superior mechanical performance and
biocompatibility attracts researchers' attention in recent years. Here, a novel biocompatible …

Cervical atresia is a rare congenital Müllerian duct anomaly that manifests as the absence
or deformed nonfunctional presence of the cervix. Herein, a multi-layered biodegradable …

The pharmaceutical utility of silk fibroin (SF) materials for drug delivery was investigated. SF
films were prepared from aqueous solutions of the fibroin protein polymer and crystallinity …

3D bioprinting is one of the latest trends in regenerative medicine due to its capacity for
constructing highly organized tissues with living cells. In this work, silk fibroin (SF) together …

Raman microspectroscopy has been used for the first time to determine quantitatively the
orientation of the β-sheets in silk monofilaments from Bombyx mori and Samia cynthia ricini …

Soft electronic devices have rapidly developed and gained increasing attention in the past
few years. Herein, a conductive silk-based hydrogel is prepared by crosslinking regenerated …