Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning

Natural silk fibers are produced using a simple and green approach compared to alternative synthetic methods. Here, the authors show a bioinspired approach to spin regenerated silk fibers using anisotropic liquid crystals and dry spinning, resulting in remarkably robust fibers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shengjie Ling, Zhao Qin, Chunmei Li, Wenwen Huang, David L. Kaplan, Markus J. Buehler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00613-5