Fiber‐based biopolymer processing as a route toward sustainability

C Li, J Wu, H Shi, Z Xia, JK Sahoo, J Yeo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Some of the most abundant biomass on earth is sequestered in fibrous biopolymers like
cellulose, chitin, and silk. These types of natural materials offer unique and striking …

Silk materials–a road to sustainable high technology

H Tao, DL Kaplan, FG Omenetto - Advanced materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review addresses the use of silk protein as a sustainable material in optics and
photonics, electronics and optoelectronic applications. These options represent additional …

Engineering the future of silk materials through advanced manufacturing

Z Zhou, S Zhang, Y Cao, B Marelli, X Xia… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Silk is a natural fiber renowned for its outstanding mechanical properties that have enabled
the manufacturing of ultralight and ultrastrong textiles. Recent advances in silk processing …

Progress in silk materials for integrated water treatments: Fabrication, modification and applications

PM Gore, M Naebe, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The oil-spill accidents in oceans, and discharge/percolation of polluted wastewater by
industries in environment causes severe damage to environment and water sources …

[HTML][HTML] Silk materials at the convergence of science, sustainability, healthcare, and technology

G Guidetti, L d'Amone, T Kim, G Matzeu… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Over the past few decades, Bombyx mori silk fibroin has become a ubiquitous material for
applications ranging from biomedical devices to optics, electronics, and sensing, while also …

Photocrosslinking of Silk Fibroin Using Riboflavin for Ocular Prostheses.

MB Applegate, BP Partlow, J Coburn… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
A novel method to photocrosslink silk fibroin protein is reported, using riboflavin (vitamin B2)
as a photoinitiator and the mechanism of crosslinking is determined. Exposure of riboflavin …

Ultrathin Free-Standing Bombyx mori Silk Nanofibril Membranes

S Ling, K Jin, DL Kaplan, MJ Buehler - Nano letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report a new ultrathin filtration membrane prepared from silk nanofibrils (SNFs), directly
exfoliated from natural Bombyx mori silk fibers to retain structure and physical properties …

Controllable exfoliation of natural silk fibers into nanofibrils by protein denaturant deep eutectic solvent: nanofibrous strategy for multifunctional membranes

X Tan, W Zhao, T Mu - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanofibrils derived from diverse natural polymers have received extensive interest.
However, the direct extraction of silk nanofibrils (SNFs), particularly individual nanofibrils, to …

Liquid Exfoliated Natural Silk Nanofibrils: Applications in Optical and Electrical Devices.

S Ling, C Li, K Jin, DL Kaplan… - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Liquid Exfoliated Natural Silk Nanofibrils: Applications in Optical and Electrical Devices. -
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Advancing the frontiers of silk fibroin protein-based materials for futuristic electronics and clinical wound-healing (Invited review)

LD Koh, J Yeo, YY Lee, Q Ong, M Han… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present review will introduce the basic concepts of silk-based electronics/
optoelectronics including the latest technological advances on the use of silk fibroin in …