Silk Fibroin as Sustainable Advanced Material: Material Properties and Characteristics, Processing, and Applications

Biobased resources are proposed as next-generation materials for advanced application. Among them, silk fibroin, a protein-based material generally obtained from Bombyx mori cocoons, is considered to play an increasing role in the development of a more sustainable generation of devices. In this review, the silk fibroin molecular structure and its original properties are presented, together with a wide overview of the available modifications and processing methods to reach custom structural and functional variations.

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In this review, the molecular structure, original properties, available modifications, and processing methods of silk fibroin are presented, providing a wide overview for custom structural and functional variations.