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 …

Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Spider‐silk‐inspired nanocomposite polymers for durable daytime radiative cooling

P Yao, Z Chen, T Liu, X Liao, Z Yang, J Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) materials, that strongly reflect sunlight and emit
thermal radiation to outer space, demonstrate great potential in energy‐saving for …

Protein nanofibrils for next generation sustainable water purification

M Peydayesh, R Mezzenga - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Water scarcity is rapidly spreading across the planet, threatening the population across the
five continents and calling for global sustainable solutions. Water reclamation is the most …

An overview on electrospinning and its advancement toward hard and soft tissue engineering applications

L Muthukrishnan - Colloid and Polymer Science, 2022 - Springer
One of the emerging technologies of the recent times harboring nanotechnology to fabricate
nanofibers for various biomedical and environmental applications are electrospinning …

Bi-terminal fusion of intrinsically-disordered mussel foot protein fragments boosts mechanical strength for protein fibers

J Li, B Jiang, X Chang, H Yu, Y Han, F Zhang - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Microbially-synthesized protein-based materials are attractive replacements for petroleum-
derived synthetic polymers. However, the high molecular weight, high repetitiveness, and …

Recent developments of silk-based scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications: A special focus on the advancement of 3D printing

AM Shabbirahmed, R Sekar, LA Gomez, MR Sekhar… - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Regenerative medicine has received potential attention around the globe, with improving
cell performances, one of the necessary ideas for the advancements of regenerative …

[HTML][HTML] Ancient fibrous biomaterials from silkworm protein fibroin and spider silk blends: Biomechanical patterns

N Johari, A Khodaei, A Samadikuchaksaraei, RL Reis… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Silkworm silk protein fibroin and spider silk spidroin are known biocompatible and natural
biodegradable polymers in biomedical applications. The presence of β-sheets in silk fibroin …

[PDF][PDF] Silk hydrogel for tissue engineering: a review

KKR Ealla, VP Veeraraghavan, NR Ravula… - The Journal of …, 2022 - thejcdp.com
Aim: This review aims to explore the importance of silk hydrogel and its potential in tissue
engineering (TE). Background: Tissue engineering is a procedure that incorporates cells …

The power of silk technology for energy applications

S Strassburg, S Zainuddin… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Silk fibers are a remarkable material made of proteins possessing excellent mechanical
properties that match or even outperform, in some aspects, high performance fibers such as …