Controllable Production of Natural Silk Nanofibrils for Reinforcing Silk-Based Orthopedic Screws

As a natural high-performance material with a unique hierarchical structure, silk is endowed with superior mechanical properties. However, the current approaches towards producing regenerated silk fibroin (SF) for the preparation of biomedical devices fail to fully exploit the mechanical potential o...

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Main Authors: Shuqin Yan, Li He, Abdul Moqeet Hai, Zhanao Hu, Renchuan You, Qiang Zhang, David L. Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/7/1645