Bombyx moriSilk Fibers: An Outstanding Family of Materials

Bombyx mori silk fibre and its composite: A review of contemporary developments

(2014) A.U. Ude et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Silk fibroin porous scaffolds for nucleus pulposus tissue engineering

(2014) Chao Zeng et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Structure and characteristics of milled silk particles

(2014) Mehdi Kazemimostaghim et al.   POWDER TECHNOLOGY

Silk hydrogels from non-mulberry and mulberry silkworm cocoons processed with ionic liquids

(2013) Simone S. Silva et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Effect of sterilization on structural and material properties of 3-D silk fibroin scaffolds

(2013) Sandra Hofmann et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Woven silk fabric-reinforced silk nanofibrous scaffolds for regenerating load-bearing soft tissues

(2013) F. Han et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Silk protein aggregation kinetics revealed by Rheo-IR

(2013) Maxime Boulet-Audet et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Dielectric Breakdown Strength of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Films as a Function of Protein Conformation

(2013) Matthew B. Dickerson et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Morphology and Composition of the Spider Major Ampullate Gland and Dragline Silk

(2013) Marlene Andersson et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The promotion of osseointegration of titanium surfaces by coating with silk protein sericin

(2013) Sunita Nayak et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Tissue engineered bulking agent with adipose-derived stem cells and silk fibroin microspheres for the treatment of intrinsic urethral sphincter deficiency

(2013) Li Bing Shi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Effect of methylcellulose on the formation and drug release behavior of silk fibroin hydrogel

(2013) Cho Hee Park et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Determining hydrogen-bond interactions in spider silk with 1H–13C HETCOR fast MAS solid-state NMR and DFT proton chemical shift calculations

(2013) Gregory P. Holland et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Improvement of early cell adhesion on Thai silk fibroin surface by low energy plasma

(2013) Phakdee Amornsudthiwat et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Surface properties of thin films based on the mixtures of chitosan and silk fibroin

(2013) Alina Sionkowska et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS

Immunosensor Based on Immobilization of Antigenic Peptide NS5A-1 from HCV and Silk Fibroin in Nanostructured Films

(2013) Marli L. Moraes et al.   LANGMUIR

Effect of Silk Protein Processing on Drug Delivery from Silk Films

(2013) Eleanor M. Pritchard et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Silkworm cocoon as natural material and structure for thermal insulation

(2013) J. Zhang et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

A novel integrated biphasic silk fibroin scaffold for intervertebral disc tissue engineering

(2013) Lilong Du et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

A novel growth process of calcium carbonate crystals in silk fibroin hydrogel system

(2013) Yufei Ma et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Effect of Strongly Alkaline Electrolyzed Water on Silk Degumming and the Physical Properties of the Fibroin Fiber

(2013) Ting-Ting Cao et al.   PLoS One

Production of submicron silk particles by milling

(2013) Mehdi Kazemimostaghim et al.   POWDER TECHNOLOGY

What makes spider silk fibers so strong? From molecular-crystallite network to hierarchical network structures

(2013) Gangqin Xu et al.   Soft Matter

Silk constructs for delivery of musculoskeletal therapeutics

(2012) Lorenz Meinel et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

(2012) Banani Kundu et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Silk Materials - A Road to Sustainable High Technology

(2012) Hu Tao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structure and Biodegradation Mechanism of Milled Bombyx mori Silk Particles

(2012) Rangam Rajkhowa et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Bioinspired Silicification of Silica-Binding Peptide-Silk Protein Chimeras: Comparison of Chemically and Genetically Produced Proteins

(2012) Laetitia L. S. Canabady-Rochelle et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Shear-Induced Self-Assembly of Native Silk Proteins into Fibrils Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy

(2012) Imke Greving et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Crashworthiness characteristics investigation of silk/epoxy composite square tubes

(2012) S.A. Oshkovr et al.   COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Finite element modelling of axially crushed silk/epoxy composite square tubes

(2012) S.A. Oshkovr et al.   COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Interfacial bonding and degumming effects on silk fibre/polymer biocomposites

(2012) Mei-po Ho et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Development of ethyl alcohol-precipitated silk sericin/polyvinyl alcohol scaffolds for accelerated healing of full-thickness wounds

(2012) Tippawan Siritienthong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Preparation andin vivodegradation of controlled biodegradability of electrospun silk fibroin nanofiber mats

(2012) Ji Heui Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Silk–Silica Composites from Genetically Engineered Chimeric Proteins: Materials Properties Correlate with Silica Condensation Rate and Colloidal Stability of the Proteins in Aqueous Solution

(2012) David J. Belton et al.   LANGMUIR

Bioactive macro/micro porous silk fibroin/nano-sized calcium phosphate scaffolds with potential for bone-tissue-engineering applications

(2012) Le-Ping Yan et al.   Nanomedicine

Silk from Crickets: A New Twist on Spinning

(2012) Andrew A. Walker et al.   PLoS One

Conductive Polymer Combined Silk Fiber Bundle for Bioelectrical Signal Recording

(2012) Shingo Tsukada et al.   PLoS One

Silk structure studied with nuclear magnetic resonance

(2012) Tetsuo Asakura et al.   PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Effect of regeneration of liquid silk fibroin on its structure and characterization

(2012) Hai-Yan Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Evidence by infrared spectroscopy of the presence of two types of β-sheets in major ampullate spider silk and silkworm silk

(2012) François Paquet-Mercier et al.   Soft Matter

The Relationship between Secondary Structure and Biodegradation Behavior of Silk Fibroin Scaffolds

(2012) Yongpei Hu et al.   Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Aligned silk-based 3-D architectures for contact guidance in tissue engineering

(2011) A.L. Oliveira et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Macro/microporous silk fibroin scaffolds with potential for articular cartilage and meniscus tissue engineering applications

(2011) Le-Ping Yan et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Fabrication of Silk Microneedles for Controlled-Release Drug Delivery

(2011) Konstantinos Tsioris et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Flexible Organic Thin-Film Transistors with Silk Fibroin as the Gate Dielectric

(2011) Chung-Hwa Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of initial cell seeding density on 3D-engineered silk fibroin scaffolds for articular cartilage tissue engineering

(2011) Sarmistha Talukdar et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Lyophilized silk fibroin hydrogels for the sustained local delivery of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

(2011) Nicholas Guziewicz et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Physical properties of silk fibroin/cellulose blend films regenerated from the hydrophilic ionic liquid

(2011) Songmin Shang et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Regenerated silk fibroin using protic ionic liquidssolvents: towards an all-ionic-liquid process for producing silk with tunable properties

(2011) Nicolas Goujon et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Energy absorption and failure response of silk/epoxy composite square tubes: Experimental

(2011) S. Ataollahi et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Release and cellular acceptance of multiple drugs loaded silk fibroin particles

(2011) Pujiang Shi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Effect of processing on silk-based biomaterials: Reproducibility and biocompatibility

(2011) Lindsay S. Wray et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Correlation between processing conditions, microstructure and mechanical behavior in regenerated silkworm silk fibers

(2011) Gustavo R. Plaza et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Decoding the secrets of spider silk

(2011) Lukas Eisoldt et al.   Materials Today

Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

(2011) Danielle N Rockwood et al.   Nature Protocols

Integration of silk protein in organic and light-emitting transistors

(2011) R. Capelli et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Natural and genetically engineered proteins for tissue engineering

(2011) Sílvia Gomes et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Ingrowth of human mesenchymal stem cells into porous silk particle reinforced silk composite scaffolds: An in vitro study

(2010) Danielle N. Rockwood et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

(2010) Ning Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Woven Electrochemical Transistors on Silk Fibers

(2010) Christian Müller et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Osteoinductive silk–silica composite biomaterials for bone regeneration

(2010) Aneta J. Mieszawska et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Relationships between degradability of silk scaffolds and osteogenesis

(2010) Sang-Hyug Park et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Controlling silk fibroin particle features for drug delivery

(2010) Andreas S. Lammel et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Incorporation of proteinase inhibitors into silk-based delivery devices for enhanced control of degradation and drug release

(2010) Eleanor M. Pritchard et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Preparation and characterization of ethanol-treated silk fibroin dense membranes for biomaterials application using waste silk fibers as raw material

(2010) Grínia M. Nogueira et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Spider silk proteins: recent advances in recombinant production, structure–function relationships and biomedical applications

(2010) Anna Rising et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Nanoscale Control of Silica Particle Formation via Silk−Silica Fusion Proteins for Bone Regeneration

(2010) Aneta J. Mieszawska et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Enzymatic degradation of Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin 3D scaffolds and fibers

(2010) Chunxia Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Fabrication and characterization of silk fibroin-derived curcumin nanoparticles for cancer therapy

(2010) Vishal Gupta   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Silk fibroin nanoparticles for cellular uptake and control release

(2010) Joydip Kundu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Silk hydrogel for cartilage tissue engineering

(2010) Pen-Hsiu Grace Chao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Silk fibroin encapsulated powder reservoirs for sustained release of adenosine

(2010) Eleanor M. Pritchard et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

A review of sutures and other skin closure materials

(2010) Ani L. Tajirian et al.   Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Reinforcing Silk Scaffolds with Silk Particles

(2010) Rangam Rajkhowa et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Silk fibroin-derived nanoparticles for biomedical applications

(2010) Anshu B Mathur et al.   Nanomedicine

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

In vitro and in vivo degradation behavior of aqueous-derived electrospun silk fibroin scaffolds

(2010) Juan Zhou et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Osteogenesis of human stem cells in silk biomaterial for regenerative therapy

(2010) Banani Kundu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

(2010) F. G. Omenetto et al.   SCIENCE

Microstructures and mechanical properties of silks of silkworm and honeybee

(2009) K. Zhang et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Water-insoluble silk films with silk I structure

(2009) Qiang Lu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Electrospun silk biomaterial scaffolds for regenerative medicine

(2009) Xiaohui Zhang et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

(2009) Markus Heim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Insect Silk: One Name, Many Materials

(2009) Tara D. Sutherland et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Bioactive “self-sensing” optical systems

(2009) Peter Domachuk et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Silk fibroin/hyaluronan scaffolds for human mesenchymal stem cell culture in tissue engineering

(2009) Marcos Garcia-Fuentes et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Anterior cruciate ligament regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells and silk scaffold in large animal model

(2009) Hongbin Fan et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Silk nanospheres and microspheres from silk/pva blend films for drug delivery

(2009) Xiaoqin Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Apatite-coated silk fibroin scaffolds to healing mandibular border defects in canines

(2009) Jun Zhao et al.   BONE

Biological and biomechanical assessment of a long-term bioresorbable silk-derived surgical mesh in an abdominal body wall defect model

(2009) R. L. Horan et al.   Hernia

Biomedical applications of chemically-modified silk fibroin

(2009) Amanda R. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fifty years later: The sequence, structure and function of lacewing cross-beta silk

(2009) Sarah Weisman et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Composite biocompatible hydroxyapatite–silk fibroin coatings for medical implants obtained by Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation

(2009) F.M. Miroiu et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Degradation behaviors of nerve guidance conduits made up of silk fibroin in vitro and in vivo

(2009) Yumin Yang et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Silk Fibroin Based Porous Materials

(2009) Qiang Zhang et al.   Materials

Silk Fibroin-Regulated Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate

(2008) Cheng Cheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nano- and Micropatterning of Optically Transparent, Mechanically Robust, Biocompatible Silk Fibroin Films

(2008) Hannah Perry et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioactive Silk Protein Biomaterial Systems for Optical Devices

(2008) Brian D. Lawrence et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The effect of lactose-conjugated silk biomaterials on the development of fibrogenic fibroblasts

(2008) Chitrangada Acharya et al.   BIOMATERIALS

In vivo degradation of three-dimensional silk fibroin scaffolds

(2008) Yongzhong Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Silk film biomaterials for cornea tissue engineering

(2008) Brian D. Lawrence et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Phase II Trial of Curcumin in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

(2008) N. Dhillon et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Silk fibroin spheres as a platform for controlled drug delivery

(2008) Esther Wenk et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Novel silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite composite films: Structure and properties

(2008) Chunling Du et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

A new route for silk

(2008) Fiorenzo G. Omenetto et al.   Nature Photonics

The effect of water on the conformation transition of Bombyx mori silk fibroin

(2008) Chunli Mo et al.   VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

The interaction between a combined knitted silk scaffold and microporous silk sponge with human mesenchymal stem cells for ligament tissue engineering

(2007) Haifeng Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A novel method for dissolution and stabilization of non-mulberry silk gland protein fibroin using anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate

(2007) Biman B. Mandal et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING