Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for tissue engineering

W Sun, DA Gregory, MA Tomeh, X Zhao - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

Recent progress in silk fibroin-based flexible electronics

DL Wen, DH Sun, P Huang, W Huang, M Su… - Microsystems & …, 2021 - nature.com
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the emergence of 5G,
traditional silicon-based electronics no longer fully meet market demands such as nonplanar …

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 …

Biopolymer nanofibrils: Structure, modeling, preparation, and applications

S Ling, W Chen, Y Fan, K Zheng, K **, H Yu… - Progress in polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biopolymer nanofibrils exhibit exceptional mechanical properties with a unique combination
of strength and toughness, while also presenting biological functions that interact with the …

The contribution of silk fibroin in biomedical engineering

C Lujerdean, GM Baci, AA Cucu, DS Dezmirean - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the medical area and beyond one of the most important biomaterials is
the silk fibroin (SF) produced by the Bombyx mori L. silkworm. This outstanding biopolymer …

Silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite composites for bone tissue engineering

M Farokhi, F Mottaghitalab, S Samani… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural fibrous polymer with strong potential for many biomedical
applications. SF has attracted interest in the field of bone tissue engineering due to its …

Silk fibroin as biomaterial for bone tissue engineering

J Melke, S Midha, S Ghosh, K Ito, S Hofmann - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a fibrous protein which is produced mainly by silkworms and spiders. Its
unique mechanical properties, tunable biodegradation rate and the ability to support the …

A review of structure construction of silk fibroin biomaterials from single structures to multi-level structures

Y Qi, H Wang, K Wei, Y Yang, RY Zheng… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The biological performance of artificial biomaterials is closely related to their structure
characteristics. Cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation are all strongly …

Polymeric systems for bioprinting

ML Bedell, AM Navara, Y Du, S Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bioprinting is rapidly being adopted as a major method for fabricating tissue engineering
constructs. Through the precise deposition of cell-and bioactive molecule-laden materials …

Structures, mechanical properties and applications of silk fibroin materials

LD Koh, Y Cheng, CP Teng, YW Khin, XJ Loh… - Progress in Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
For centuries, Bombyx mori silkworm silk fibroin has been used as a high-end textile fiber.
Beyond textiles, silk fibroin has also been used as a surgical suture material for decades …