Engineering Natural and Recombinant Silks for Sustainable Biodevices

Silk fibroin (SF) is a structural protein derived from natural silkworm silks. Materials fabricated based on SF usually inherit extraordinary physical and biological properties, including high mechanical strength, toughness, optical transparency, tailorable biodegradability, and biocompatibility. Th...

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Main Authors: Xinchen Shen, Haoyuan Shi, Hongda Wei, Boxuan Wu, Qingyuan Xia, Jingjie Yeo, Wenwen Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2022.881028/full