Structures, mechanical properties and applications of silk fibroin materials

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Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

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Silk as a biomaterial

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Myotubes differentiate optimally on substrates with tissue-like stiffness

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Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics

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Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk

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Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

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Mechanism of silk processing in insects and spiders

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Cell Encapsulation in Biodegradable Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications

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Electrospun silk-BMP-2 scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

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Graphene-based wireless bacteria detection on tooth enamel

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Surprising strength of silkworm silk

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Hydrogel biomaterials: A smart future?

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Mechanobiology of tendon

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Three-dimensional aqueous-derived biomaterial scaffolds from silk fibroin

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Stem cell-based tissue engineering with silk biomaterials

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Porous 3-D Scaffolds from Regenerated Silk Fibroin

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Silk matrix for tissue engineered anterior cruciate ligaments

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Structure and Properties of Silk Hydrogels

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Silk fibroin: Structural implications of a remarkable amino acid sequence

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The inflammatory responses to silk films in vitro and in vivo

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Silk fibroin of Bombyx mori is secreted, assembling a high molecular mass elementary unit consisting of H-chain, L-chain, and P25, with a 6:6:1 molar ratio

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Tissue Engineering: Orthopedic Applications

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An investigation of the structure of silk fibroin

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Sonication-induced gelation of silk fibroin for cell encapsulation

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Regulation of Silk Material Structure by Temperature-Controlled Water Vapor Annealing

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Changes in the Stiffness, Strength, and Toughness of Human Cortical Bone With Age

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Water‐Stable Silk Films with Reduced β‐Sheet Content

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Native-sized recombinant spider silk protein produced in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli results in a strong fiber

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Bone Tissue Engineering Using Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Effects of Scaffold Material and Medium Flow

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Silk fibroin as a vehicle for drug delivery applications

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Silk Materials – A Road to Sustainable High Technology

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Layer-by-layer deposition of antimicrobial silver nanoparticles on textile fibers

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Silk proteins for biomedical applications: Bioengineering perspectives

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In vitro cartilage tissue engineering with 3D porous aqueous-derived silk scaffolds and mesenchymal stem cells

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Protein Secondary Structure and Orientation in Silk as Revealed by Raman Spectromicroscopy

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Cartilage tissue engineering with silk scaffolds and human articular chondrocytes

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Molecular and Nanostructural Mechanisms of Deformation, Strength and Toughness of Spider Silk Fibrils

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Silk film biomaterials for cornea tissue engineering

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Mechanical Properties of Robust Ultrathin Silk Fibroin Films

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Silk‐Based Conformal, Adhesive, Edible Food Sensors

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Self-assembly of collagen fibers. Influence of fibrillar alignment and decorin on mechanical properties

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Silk-based delivery systems of bioactive molecules

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Silk Fibroin in Tissue Engineering

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Fibers from polypropylene/nano carbon fiber composites

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Vortex-Induced Injectable Silk Fibroin Hydrogels

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Design of Superior Spider Silk: From Nanostructure to Mechanical Properties

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Tissue engineering: current state and perspectives

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Biocompatible Silk Printed Optical Waveguides

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Biodegradation of Bombyx mori silk fibroin fibers and films

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Tissue Engineering of Ligaments

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Kinesiology: The Mechanics and Pathomechanics of Human Movement

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Biocompatibility evaluation of silk fibroin with peripheral nerve tissues and cells in vitro

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Composite materials based on silk proteins

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Engineering cartilage‐like tissue using human mesenchymal stem cells and silk protein scaffolds

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Spider and mulberry silkworm silks as compatible biomaterials

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Bioactive Silk Protein Biomaterial Systems for Optical Devices

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Ligament tissue engineering: An evolutionary materials science approach

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Protein-based composite materials

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Silk fibroin/polyacrylamide semi-interpenetrating network hydrogels for controlled drug release

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Fabrication and Properties of Composites of Poly(ethylene oxide) and Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes

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Direct‐Write Assembly of Microperiodic Silk Fibroin Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications

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Silk fibroin biomaterials for controlled release drug delivery

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The healing of confined critical size cancellous defects in the presence of silk fibroin hydrogel

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The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk

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Mechanism of enzymatic degradation of beta-sheet crystals

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Preparation of non-woven nanofibers of Bombyx mori silk, Samia cynthia ricini silk and recombinant hybrid silk with electrospinning method

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Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties

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Waveguides and fibers for nonlinear optics

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Lyophilized silk fibroin hydrogels for the sustained local delivery of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

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Silkworm silk as an engineering material

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Structure refinement and diffuse streak scattering of silk (Bombyx mori)

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Role of pH and charge on silk protein assembly in insects and spiders

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Waveguides and Fibers for Nonlinear Optics

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Endothelialization of a non-woven silk fibroin net for use in tissue engineering: growth and gene regulation of human endothelial cells

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Drug Delivery Systems: Advanced Technologies Potentially Applicable in Personalised Treatment

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Stabilization of Enzymes in Silk Films

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The interaction between a combined knitted silk scaffold and microporous silk sponge with human mesenchymal stem cells for ligament tissue engineering

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Insulin-like growth factor I releasing silk fibroin scaffolds induce chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

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The influence of elasticity and surface roughness on myogenic and osteogenic-differentiation of cells on silk-elastin biomaterials

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Processing methods to control silk fibroin film biomaterial features

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Silk fibroin matrices for the controlled release of nerve growth factor (NGF)

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Nano‐ and Micropatterning of Optically Transparent, Mechanically Robust, Biocompatible Silk Fibroin Films

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