Fibrous proteins such as silks have been used as textile and biomedical materials for
decades due to their natural abundance, high flexibility, biocompatibility, and excellent …

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 …

Due to their excellent biocompatibility, outstanding mechanical properties, high strength-to-
weight ratio, and good corrosion resistance, titanium (Ti) alloys are extensively used as …

Due to its intriguing thermal and electrical properties, graphene has been widely studied for
potential applications in sensor and energy devices. However, the reported value for its …

Graphene-based micro/nanoscale materials have not been used much for thermal sensing
while they have great potential advantages over current sensors for micro/nanoscale …

The helical geometries and polycrystalline–amorphous structure of carbon nanocoils
(CNCs), an exotic class of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures, distinguish them from …

Inspired by the ordered β-sheet crystalline structure and molecular orientation of natural
silkworm silk, biomimetic silk fibers with refined crystalline structure were creatively …

Thermal transport properties are important criteria for evaluating the properties of various
fascinating micro/nanoscale materials. Over the past decades, characterization and study of …

Silkworm silk, a potential material used as the matrix of conductive fibers, has attracted
extensive attention due to its excellent mechanical properties. However, researches on its …

A fully biocompatible laser would be attractive in many aspects of biomedical research. Here
we report a single-mode biocompatible distributed feedback laser consisting of silk …