Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 569-575Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.100
Keywords
Crystallinity; Hydrogen peroxide; Morphology; Cellulose; Beta sheet; Silk
Funding
- NSF-DMR-RUI: National Science Fouondation Division of Material Research Biomaterial Program, United State of America [1809354, 1809541]
- NSF-REU: National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure Research Experiences for Undergraduate Sites, United States of America [DBI-1559868]
- Rutgers-Camden Arts and Sciences Start-up Package
- State of NJ ELF Grant
- The Center for Computational and Integrative Biology TA Funds
- NSF-MRSEC National Science Foundation Division of Material Research, United States of America [17-20530]
- NSF-MRI: National Science Foundation Division of Material Science Major Reseach Instrumentation Program, United States of American [17-25969]
- ARO DURIP: Army Research Office Defense University Research Instrumentation Program, United States of America [W911NF-17-1-02822]
- University of Pennsylvania
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1809354] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research [1809354] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1809541] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The modulation of structural fibrous protein and polysaccharide biopolymers for the design of biomaterials is still relatively challenging due to the non-trivial nature of the transformation from a biopolymers native state to a more usable form. To gain insight into the nature of the molecular interaction between silk and cellulose chains, we characterized the structural, thermal and morphological properties of silk-cellulose biocomposites regenerated from the ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (EMIMAc), as a function of increasing coagulation agent concentrations. We found that the cellulose crystallinity and crystal size are dependent on the coagulation agent, hydrogen peroxide solution. The interpretation of our results suggests that the selection of a proper coagulator is a critical step for controlling the physicochemical properties of protein-polysaccharide biocomposite materials. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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