Biomimicking the structure of silk fibers via cellulose nanocrystal as β-sheet crystallite

Micro/Nanometer-Scale Fiber with Highly Ordered Structures by Mimicking the Spinning Process of Silkworm

(2013) Su-Kyoung Chae et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effects of interfacial stereocomplexation in cellulose nanocrystal-filled polylactide nanocomposites

(2013) Youssef Habibi et al.   CELLULOSE

Reinforcement effect of cellulose nanowhisker on bio-based polyurethane

(2013) Sang Ho Park et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Comparison of the reinforcing effects for cellulose nanocrystals obtained by sulfuric and hydrochloric acid hydrolysis on the mechanical and thermal properties of bacterial polyester

(2013) Hou-Yong Yu et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Directly obtaining pristine magnetic silk fibers from silkworm

(2013) Jun-Ting Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Physical and/or Chemical Compatibilization of Extruded Cellulose Nanocrystal Reinforced Polystyrene Nanocomposites

(2013) Ning Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Non-invasive determination of the complete elastic moduli of spider silks

(2013) Kristie J. Koski et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Facile extraction of thermally stable cellulose nanocrystals with a high yield of 93% through hydrochloric acid hydrolysis under hydrothermal conditions

(2013) Houyong Yu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A novel reagentless approach for synthesizing cellulose nanocrystal-supported palladium nanoparticles with enhanced catalytic performance

(2013) Xiaodong Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Mechanisms and Control of Silk-Based Electrospinning

(2012) Feng Zhang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Significantly Reinforced Composite Fibers Electrospun from Silk Fibroin/Carbon Nanotube Aqueous Solutions

(2012) Hui Pan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The structure–property relationships of artificial silk fabricated by dry-spinning process

(2012) Mengjie Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

N-Terminal Domain of Bombyx mori Fibroin Mediates the Assembly of Silk in Response to pH Decrease

(2012) Yong-Xing He et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Preparation, properties and applications of polysaccharide nanocrystals in advanced functional nanomaterials: a review

(2012) Ning Lin et al.   Nanoscale

A bio-inspired microfluidic concentrator for regenerated silk fibroin solution

(2012) Jie Luo et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Thermal transport in single silkworm silks and the behavior under stretching

(2012) Guoqing Liu et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

Multifunctionalized Electrospun Silk Fibers Promote Axon Regeneration in the Central Nervous System

(2011) Corinne R. Wittmer et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tunable Silk: Using Microfluidics to Fabricate Silk Fibers with Controllable Properties

(2011) Michelle E. Kinahan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Blends of cellulose and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) prepared from the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

(2011) Nishar Hameed et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Surface-modification of cellulose nanowhiskers and their use as nanoreinforcers into polylactide: A sustainably-integrated approach

(2011) J.-M. Raquez et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fabrication and characterization of silk fibroin/poly(ethylene glycol)/cellulose nanowhisker composite films

(2011) Rongji Li et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Effects of crystalline subunit size on silk fiber mechanics

(2011) Murat Cetinkaya et al.   Soft Matter

Woven Electrochemical Transistors on Silk Fibers

(2010) Christian Müller et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solid-State NMR Comparison of Various Spiders’ Dragline Silk Fiber

(2010) Melinda S. Creager et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Silk Fibroin/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Effect of pH on the Conformational Transition and Clay Dispersion

(2010) Qinqin Dang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The rapid anastomosis between prevascularized networks on silk fibroin scaffolds generated in vitro with cocultures of human microvascular endothelial and osteoblast cells and the host vasculature

(2010) Ronald E. Unger et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Controlling silk fibroin particle features for drug delivery

(2010) Andreas S. Lammel et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Cellulose nanowhiskers from coconut husk fibers: Effect of preparation conditions on their thermal and morphological behavior

(2010) M.F. Rosa et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Cellulose nanofibers from white and naturally colored cotton fibers

(2010) Eliangela de Morais Teixeira et al.   CELLULOSE

NMR Study of Interactions between Silk Model Peptide and Fluorinated Alcohols for Preparation of Regenerated Silk Fiber

(2010) Yu Suzuki et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structural Analysis of the Synthetic Peptide (Ala-Gly-Ser-Gly-Ala-Gly)5, a Model for the Crystalline Domain of Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin, Studied with13C CP/MAS NMR, REDOR, and Statistical Mechanical Calculations

(2010) Yu Suzuki et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Correlation between structural and dynamic mechanical transitions of regenerated silk fibroin

(2010) Qingqing Yuan et al.   POLYMER

Thermal and mechanical properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)/cellulose nanowhiskers composites

(2010) Elena Ten et al.   POLYMER

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

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

Biofunctionalized electrospun silk mats as a topical bioactive dressing for accelerated wound healing

(2009) A. Schneider et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Microstructures and mechanical properties of silks of silkworm and honeybee

(2009) K. Zhang et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Biospinning by silkworms: Silk fiber matrices for tissue engineering applications

(2009) Biman B. Mandal et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Bio-microfluidics: Biomaterials and Biomimetic Designs

(2009) Peter Domachuk et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wet-Spinning of Recombinant Silk-Elastin-Like Protein Polymer Fibers with High Tensile Strength and High Deformability

(2009) Weiguo Qiu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Wet-Spinning of Regenerated Silk Fiber from Aqueous Silk Fibroin Solution: Discussion of Spinning Parameters

(2009) Jiaping Yan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Optimization strategies for electrospun silk fibroin tissue engineering scaffolds

(2009) Anne J. Meinel et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Preparation and characterization of regenerated fiber from the aqueous solution of Bombyx mori cocoon silk fibroin

(2009) Zhenghua Zhu et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Silk Fibers Extruded Artificially from Aqueous Solutions of RegeneratedBombyx moriSilk Fibroin are Tougher than their Natural Counterparts

(2008) Guanqiang Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cellulose whiskers extracted from mulberry: A novel biomass production

(2008) Rongji Li et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Silk Fiber Assembly Studied by Synchrotron Radiation SAXS/WAXS and Raman Spectroscopy

(2008) Anne Martel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY