Silk chemistry and biomedical material designs

JK Sahoo, O Hasturk, T Falcucci… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Silk fibroin has applications in different medical fields such as tissue engineering,
regenerative medicine, drug delivery and medical devices. Advances in silk chemistry and …

Silk sericin-based materials for biomedical applications

J Liu, L Shi, Y Deng, M Zou, B Cai, Y Song, Z Wang… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Silk sericin, a natural protein extracted from silkworm cocoons, has been extensively studied
and utilized in the biomedical field because of its superior biological activities and …

Silk‐based biomaterials in biomedical textiles and fiber‐based implants

G Li, Y Li, G Chen, J He, Y Han… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biomedical textiles and fiber‐based implants (BTFIs) have been in routine clinical use to
facilitate healing for nearly five decades. Amongst the variety of biomaterials used, silk …

Crosslinking strategies for silk fibroin hydrogels: Promising biomedical materials

M Farokhi, M Aleemardani, A Solouk… - Biomedical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to their strong biomimetic potential, silk fibroin (SF) hydrogels are impressive
candidates for tissue engineering, due to their tunable mechanical properties …

Revealing the influence of the degumming process in the properties of silk fibroin nanoparticles

G Carissimi, AA Lozano-Pérez, MG Montalbán… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Several studies have stated that the process used for sericin removal, or degumming, from
silk cocoons has a strong impact in the silk fibroin integrity and consequently in their …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-assisted sustainable and energy efficient pre-treatments, dyeing, and finishing of textiles–A comprehensive review

MM Hassan, K Saifullah - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional pre-treatments, dyeing, and finishing of textiles have high environmental impacts
because of the high usage of energy, water, and chemicals, and the production of effluent …

Aqueous and chemical extraction of saponin of Acacia concinna (Willd.) Dc.: An effective Bio-surfactant solution to extract silk fibroin from muga silk cocoons

AK Dan, B Biswal, M Das, S Parida, PK Parhi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin is generated from the silkworms and enclosed in a glue-like protein called
sericin. In recent years, silk fibroin has been recognized for its significant biomedical …

Potential applications of textile wastes and by-products in preparation of textile auxiliaries

H El-Sayed, M Abou Taleb… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - ejchem.journals.ekb.eg
Ever since the Stone Age, humans have preferred natural products and materials for better
health and comfortability. Wool and natural silk have been used in the textile clothing …

Therapeutic potential of silkworm sericin in wound healing applications

M Prakash, C Mathikere Naganna… - Wound Repair and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic wounds are characterised by an imbalance between pro and anti‐inflammatory
signals, which result in permanent inflammation and delayed re‐epithelialization …

Ex-situ fabrication of ZnO nanoparticles coated silk fiber for surgical applications

P Shubha, ML Gowda, K Namratha… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bio-hydrothermally synthesized ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were coated ex situ on degummed
silk fibers and subjected for X-ray diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Energy …