A novel route to prepare dry-spun silk fibers from CaCl2-formic acid solution

作者：Yue, Xiaoxiao; Zhang, Feng^*; Wu, Huiying; Ming, Jinfa; Fan, Zhihai; Zuo, Baoqi

来源：Materials Letters, 2014, 128: 175-178.

DOI：10.1016/j.matlet.2014.04.116

• Silk fibroin
• Biomaterials
• Biomimetic
• Fibre technology
• Microstructure
• Mechanical properties

Regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) fibers with high strength and extensibility were firstly dry-spun from CaCl2-formic acid (FA) solution. The dissolution of degummed silk in CaCl2-FA was simple and efficient, and featured nanofibril-preservation. The preserved nanofibrils were responsible for the good physical properties of RSF fibers from such a spin solution. The simple and efficient spin process of RSF is very useful in an effort to utilize waste material and produce functional materials, such as biodegradable silk sutures.

• 出版日期2014-8-1
• 单位苏州大学