Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 18, Pages 15611-15625Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am5008479
Keywords
spider silk; silkworm silk; processing; biomedical application; biosensor; optics
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- [SFB 840 TP A8]
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Silks are a class of proteinaceous materials produced by arthropods for various purposes. Spider dragline silk is known for its outstanding mechanical properties, and it shows high biocompatibility, good biodegradability, and a lack of immunogenicity and allergenicity. The silk produced by the mulberry silkworm B. mori has been used as a textile fiber and in medical devices for a long time. Here, recent progress in the processing of different silk materials into highly tailored isotropic and anisotropic coatings for biomedical applications such as tissue engineering, cell adhesion, and implant coatings as well as for optics and biosensors is reviewed.
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