The new silk road: silk fibroin blends and composites for next generation functional and multifunctional materials design

A Reizabal, CM Costa, L Pérez-Álvarez… - Polymer …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Silk Fibroin (SF), a protein typically extracted from Bombyx mori cocoons, is considered to
play an essential role in advancing the development of a more sustainable generation of …

A review of silk fibroin-based drug delivery systems and their applications

RH Yadav, M Kenchegowda, M Angolkar… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Silk proteins are highly versatile materials known for their exceptional biodegradability and
biocompatibility, making them valuable for diverse applications across various sectors …

Hyaluronic acid (HA)‐based silk fibroin/zinc oxide core–shell electrospun dressing for burn wound management

Z Hadisi, M Farokhi… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Burn injuries represent a major life‐threatening event that impacts the quality of life of
patients, and places enormous demands on the global healthcare systems. This study …

PVA based nanofiber containing CQDs modified with silica NPs and silk fibroin accelerates wound healing in a rat model

S Abolghasemzade, M Pourmadadi… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, applying various wound dressings with antibacterial activities to expedite
tissue repair stages has gained remarkable attention. The intertwined three-dimensional …

Fabrication of a magnetic alginate-silk fibroin hydrogel, containing halloysite nanotubes as a novel nanocomposite for biological and hyperthermia applications

R Eivazzadeh-Keihan, Z Sadat, HAM Aliabadi… - Scientific …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this study, the main focus was on designing and synthesizing a novel magnetic
nanobiocomposite and its application in hyperthermia cancer treatment. Regarding this aim …

Magnetic carboxymethyl cellulose/silk fibroin hydrogel embedded with halloysite nanotubes as a biocompatible nanobiocomposite with hyperthermia application

R Eivazzadeh-Keihan, L Choopani… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel and high potent magnetic nanobiocomposite was prepared based on
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and epichlorohydrin (ECH) cross-linker interactions to form …

3D-printing of silk nanofibrils reinforced alginate for soft tissue engineering

Z Mohammadpour, M Kharaziha, A Zarrabi - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main challenge of extrusion 3D bioprinting is the development of bioinks with the
desired rheological and mechanical performance and biocompatibility to create complex …

Silk particles as carriers of therapeutic molecules for cancer treatment

A Florczak, I Grzechowiak, T Deptuch, K Kucharczyk… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although progress is observed in cancer treatment, this disease continues to be the second
leading cause of death worldwide. The current understanding of cancer indicates that …

Wound dressing based on PVA nanofiber containing silk fibroin modified with GO/ZnO nanoparticles for superficial wound healing: In vitro and in vivo evaluations

M Kavousi Heidari, M Pourmadadi… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Silk fibroin (SF), extracted from Bombyx mori, has unique physicochemical properties to
achieve an efficient wound dressing. In this study, reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/ZnO …

Silk as a leading-edge biological macromolecule for improved drug delivery

V Pandey, T Haider, P Jain, PN Gupta, V Soni - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the interest of the researcher's on protein-based biopolymers for drug
delivery has enormously increased. Protein-based drug delivery systems are functionally …