Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning

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.

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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
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spelling doaj-e8f854c1548e485d8a8a0db76797b2892021-05-11T07:22:28ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-11-018111210.1038/s41467-017-00613-5Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinningShengjie Ling0Zhao Qin1Chunmei Li2Wenwen Huang3David L. Kaplan4Markus J. Buehler5Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts UniversityDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts UniversityDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts UniversityDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNatural 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00613-5
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author Shengjie Ling
Zhao Qin
Chunmei Li
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David L. Kaplan
Markus J. Buehler
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Zhao Qin
Chunmei Li
Wenwen Huang
David L. Kaplan
Markus J. Buehler
Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
Nature Communications
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Zhao Qin
Chunmei Li
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title Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
title_short Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
title_full Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
title_fullStr Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
title_full_unstemmed Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
title_sort polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2017-11-01
description 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.
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