[HTML][HTML] Use of Bombyx mori silk fibroin in tissue engineering: From cocoons to medical devices, challenges, and future perspectives

A Bucciarelli, A Motta - Biomaterials Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin has become a prominent material in tissue engineering (TE) over the last 20
years with almost 10,000 published works spanning in all the TE applications, from skeleton …

[HTML][HTML] Tuning the conformation and mechanical properties of silk fibroin hydrogels

N Johari, L Moroni, A Samadikuchaksaraei - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Mechanical properties of biomaterials play an important role in their biological performance.
Among the most important parameters in designing of biomaterials, their structure and …

Silk materials at the convergence of science, sustainability, healthcare, and technology

G Guidetti, L d'Amone, T Kim, G Matzeu… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Over the past few decades, Bombyx mori silk fibroin has become a ubiquitous material for
applications ranging from biomedical devices to optics, electronics, and sensing, while also …

Green gas-mediated cross-linking generates biomolecular hydrogels with enhanced strength and excellent hemostasis for wound healing

Z Wang, W Hu, Y Du, Y Xiao, X Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Forming biomolecular hydrogels with a combination of high strength and biocompatibility is
still a challenge. Herein, we demonstrated a green gas (CO2)-mediated chemical cross …

How to improve physico-chemical properties of silk fibroin materials for biomedical applications?—Blending and cross-linking of silk fibroin—A review

S Grabska-Zielińska, A Sionkowska - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review supplies a report on fresh advances in the field of silk fibroin (SF) biopolymer
and its blends with biopolymers as new biomaterials. The review also includes a subsection …

Controlling silk fibroin conformation for dynamic, responsive, multifunctional, micropatterned surfaces

Y Wang, BJ Kim, B Peng, W Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Protein micro/nanopatterning has long provided sophisticated strategies for a wide range of
applications including biointerfaces, tissue engineering, optics/photonics, and …

[HTML][HTML] Facile preparation of recyclable and flexible BiOBr@ TiO2/PU-SF composite porous membrane for efficient photocatalytic degradation of mineral flotation …

M Zou, C Tan, H Yang, D Kuang, Z Nie… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various semiconductor nanopowders can photodegrade wastewater efficiently, but their
practical application is grievously limited due to poor recycling performance, insufficient …

Modulation of multiscale 3D lattices through conformational control: painting silk inverse opals with water and light

Y Wang, D Aurelio, W Li, P Tseng, Z Zheng… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Structural proteins from naturally occurring materials are an inspiring template for material
design and synthesis at multiple scales. The ability to control the assembly and conformation …

Aqueous multiphoton lithography with multifunctional silk-centred bio-resists

YL Sun, Q Li, SM Sun, JC Huang, BY Zheng… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Silk and silk fibroin, the biomaterial from nature, nowadays are being widely utilized in many
cutting-edge micro/nanodevices/systems via advanced micro/nanofabrication techniques …

Photocurable silk fibroin-based tissue sealants with enhanced adhesive properties for the treatment of corneal perforations

R Tutar, E Yüce-Erarslan, B İzbudak… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Corneal defects are associated with corneal tissue engineering in terms of vision loss. The
treatment of corneal defects is an important clinical challenge due to a uniform corneal …