Crystal Networks in Silk Fibrous Materials: From Hierarchical Structure to Ultra Performance

Tuning Chemical and Physical Cross-Links in Silk Electrogels for Morphological Analysis and Mechanical Reinforcement

(2013) Yinan Lin et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

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

(2013) Gangqin Xu et al.   Soft Matter

Rough Fibrils Provide a Toughening Mechanism in Biological Fibers

(2012) Cameron P. Brown et al.   ACS Nano

Sodium dodecyl sulfate-induced rapid gelation of silk fibroin

(2012) Xilong Wu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Silk fibroin electrogelation mechanisms

(2011) Qiang Lu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Controlled Hydrogel Formation of a Recombinant Spider Silk Protein

(2011) Kristin Schacht et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

State of Water, Molecular Structure, and Cytotoxicity of Silk Hydrogels

(2011) Keiji Numata et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

From short peptides to nanofibers to macromolecular assemblies in biomedicine

(2011) Yihua Loo et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Direct visualization of shear dependent silk fibrillogenesis

(2011) C. Holland et al.   Soft Matter

Architecture of Supramolecular Soft Functional Materials: From Understanding to Micro-/Nanoscale Engineering

(2010) Jing-Liang Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

(2010) Ning Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Assembled Gels for Biomedical Applications

(2010) Warren Ty Truong et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

A conserved spider silk domain acts as a molecular switch that controls fibre assembly

(2010) Franz Hagn et al.   NATURE

Structure and gelation mechanism of silk hydrogels

(2010) Shailesh Nagarkar et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

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

Producing Supramolecular Functional Materials Based on Fiber Network Reconstruction

(2009) Shaokun Tang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers

(2009) David Porter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

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

Unraveled mechanism in silk engineering: Fast reeling induced silk toughening

(2009) Xiang Wu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Vortex-Induced Injectable Silk Fibroin Hydrogels

(2009) Tuna Yucel et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical Response of Silk Crystalline Units from Force-Distribution Analysis

(2009) Senbo Xiao et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Two distinct β-sheet fibrils from silk protein

(2009) Zuguang Gong et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Engineering Molecular Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks by Ultrasound

(2009) Rong-Yao Wang et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Microengineering of Soft Functional Materials by Controlling the Fiber Network Formation

(2009) Jing-Liang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Spherulitic Networks: From Structure to Rheological Property

(2009) Jing Hua Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Nanoengineering of a Biocompatible Organogel by Thermal Processing

(2009) Jing-Liang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Solution structure of eggcase silk protein and its implications for silk fiber formation

(2009) Z. Lin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elasticity of Spider Silks

(2008) Yi Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Degradation of Phenol under Combined Irradiation of Microwaves and Ultrasound

(2008) Zhi-Lin Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Silver(I)-Coordinated Organogel-Templated Fabrication of 3D Networks of Polymer Nanotubes

(2008) Kai Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

The development of microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications

(2008) Jung Kwon Oh et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Convenient ultrasound mediated synthesis of substituted pyrazolones under solvent-free conditions

(2008) Mohammad M. Mojtahedi et al.   ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY

Sonication-induced gelation of silk fibroin for cell encapsulation

(2007) Xiaoqin Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Organogels and their use in drug delivery — A review

(2007) Anda Vintiloiu et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE