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BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 37, Issue -, Pages 677-681Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370677
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biomimetic material; silk-inspired polymer; silkworm silk; spider silk
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The biocompatibility and biodegradability of natural silk fibres and the benign conditions under which they (with impressive mechanical properties) are produced represent a biomimetic ideal. This ideal has inspired people in both academia and industry to prepare silk-mimetic polymers and proteins by chemical and/or biotechnological means. in the present paper, we aim to give an overview of the design principles of such silk-inspired polymers/proteins, their processing into various materials morphologies, their mechanical and biological properties, and, finally, their technical and biomedical applications.
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