Silk fibroin as sustainable advanced material: material properties and characteristics, processing, and applications

A Reizabal, CM Costa, L Pérez‐Álvarez… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biobased resources are proposed as next‐generation materials for advanced application.
Among them, silk fibroin, a protein‐based material generally obtained from Bombyx mori …

Bio‐inspired protein‐based and activatable adhesion systems

C Heinritz, XJ Ng, T Scheibel - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesives are in general chemically or physically sticky substances used to join surfaces. In
case of gluing biological and living substrates, there is a need for bioadhesives that meet …

Bioinspired rotary flight of light-driven composite films

D Wang, Z Chen, M Li, Z Hou, C Zhan, Q Zheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Light-driven actuators have great potential in different types of applications. However, it is
still challenging to apply them in flying devices owing to their slow response, small deflection …

A high-performance bio-based adhesive comprising soybean meal, silk fibroin, and tannic acid inspired by marine organisms

K Jiang, Q Wu, Y Chen, D Fan, F Chu - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainable development of high-performance bio-based adhesives is both important
and challenging for the wood industry. Herein, inspired by the hydrophobic property of …

Bimodal Gating Mechanism in Hybrid Thin‐Film Transistors Based on Dynamically Reconfigurable Nanoscale Biopolymer Interfaces

BJ Kim, GE Bonacchini… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, increased control over naturally derived structural protein formulations and
their self‐assembly has enabled the application of high‐resolution manufacturing …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering injectable bioadhesives with sealing and anti-fouling properties for postoperative anti-adhesion

Y Gong, C Li, B Zhu, F Li, L Feng, Y Zhao, Q Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Postoperative adhesion is a common complication that follows various types of surgeries,
causing patients suffering and increasing healthcare costs. Current anti-adhesion barriers …

Modifying Naturally Occurring, Nonmammalian-Sourced Biopolymers for Biomedical Applications

BD Shirk, DL Heichel, LE Eccles… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural biopolymers have a rich history, with many uses across the fields of healthcare and
medicine, including formulations for wound dressings, surgical implants, tissue culture …

Carbon nanotubes/regenerated silk composite as a three-dimensional printable bio-adhesive ink with self-powering properties

SB Bon, I Chiesa, M Degli Esposti… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, regenerated silk (RS) obtained from Bombyx Mori cocoons is compounded with
carboxyl-functionalized carbon nanotubes (f-CNTs) in an aqueous environment for the …

Silk bioconjugates: from chemistry and concept to application

SAL Matthew, FP Seib - ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2023 - ACS Publications
Medical silks have captured global interest. While silk sutures have a long track record in
humans, silk bioconjugates are still in preclinical development. This perspective examines …

Quantitative Functionalization of the Tyrosine Residues in Silk Fibroin through an Amino‐Tyrosine Intermediate

KG Hausken, RL Frevol, KP Dowdle… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Here, a reaction sequence that can be used to quantitatively modify the tyrosine residues in
silk protein from B. mori silkworms is demonstrated. A primary amine is installed ortho to the …