| Literature DB >> 24613677 |
Jie Luo1, Lele Zhang2, Qingfa Peng3, Mengjie Sun4, Yaopeng Zhang5, Huili Shao6, Xuechao Hu7.
Abstract
Microfluidic chips with single channel were built to mimic the shear and elongation conditions in the spinning apparatus of spider and silkworm. Silk fibers dry-spun from regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) aqueous solution using the chip could be tougher than degummed natural silk. The artificial silk exhibited a breaking strength up to 614 MPa, a breaking elongation up to 27% and a breaking energy of 101 kJ/kg.Entities:
Keywords: Artificial silk; Microfluidics; Silk fibroin; Silkworm; Spider
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24613677 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.02.049
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Biol Macromol ISSN: 0141-8130 Impact factor: 6.953