Mechanical Training‐Driven Structural Remodeling: A Rational Route for Outstanding Highly Hydrated Silk Materials

Thermochromic Silks for Temperature Management and Dynamic Textile Displays

(2021) Yang Wang et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Mechanism of Mechanical Training-Induced Self-Reinforced Viscoelastic Behavior of Highly Hydrated Silk Materials

(2021) Zhuochen Lv et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

(2020) Carlos F. Guimarães et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Intelligent Silk Fibroin Ionotronic Skin for Temperature Sensing

(2020) Jialin Liu et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Effects of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity on cellular behaviour

(2020) Ovijit Chaudhuri et al.   NATURE

Understanding the Continuous Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Animal Silk

(2020) Zhuochen Lv et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spider dragline silk as torsional actuator driven by humidity

(2019) Dabiao Liu et al.   Science Advances

Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels

(2019) Shaoting Lin et al.   Science Advances

Muscle-like fatigue-resistant hydrogels by mechanical training

(2019) Shaoting Lin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding Secondary Structures of Silk Materials via Micro- and Nano-Infrared Spectroscopies

(2019) Jiajia Zhong et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Fabrication of Silk Fibroin/Graphene Film with High Electrical Conductivity and Humidity Sensitivity

(2019) Haoran Zhang et al.   Polymers

Biological Material Interfaces as Inspiration for Mechanical and Optical Material Designs

(2019) Jing Ren et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

High-Strength, Durable All-Silk Fibroin Hydrogels with Versatile Processability toward Multifunctional Applications

(2018) Zhenghua Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Combination of Amorphous Silk Fiber Spinning and Postspinning Crystallization for Tough Regenerated Silk Fibers

(2018) Kenjiro Yazawa et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Biopolymer nanofibrils: Structure, modeling, preparation, and applications

(2018) Shengjie Ling et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Uncovering the structure–function relationship in spider silk

(2018) Jeffery L. Yarger et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Nanofibrils in nature and materials engineering

(2018) Shengjie Ling et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Isolation of Silk Mesostructures for Electronic and Environmental Applications

(2018) Ke Zheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning

(2017) Shengjie Ling et al.   Nature Communications

Liquid Exfoliated Natural Silk Nanofibrils: Applications in Optical and Electrical Devices

(2016) Shengjie Ling et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Printing of stretchable silk membranes for strain measurements

(2016) Shengjie Ling et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Conformation Transitions of Recombinant Spidroins via Integration of Time-Resolved FTIR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamic Simulation

(2016) Shengjie Ling et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Conformation Transitions of Recombinant Spidroins via Integration of Time-Resolved FTIR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamic Simulation

(2016) Shengjie Ling et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Biologics for tendon repair

(2015) Denitsa Docheva et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

The Role of Water Compartments in the Material Properties of Cortical Bone

(2015) Mathilde Granke et al.   CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL

Supramolecular Hydrogelators and Hydrogels: From Soft Matter to Molecular Biomaterials

(2015) Xuewen Du et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Biological materials and molecular biomimetics – filling up the empty soft materials space for tissue engineering applications

(2015) Ali Miserez et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Rapid formation of flexible silk fibroin gel-like films

(2014) Shiyu Bie et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Improving the mechanical properties of collagen-based membranes using silk fibroin for corneal tissue engineering

(2014) Kai Long et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Silk-Pectin Hydrogel with Superior Mechanical Properties, Biodegradability, and Biocompatibility

(2014) Keiji Numata et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Near Infrared Spectroscopic Evaluation of Water in Hyaline Cartilage

(2013) M. V. Padalkar et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Rough Fibrils Provide a Toughening Mechanism in Biological Fibers

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

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanomechanics of functional and pathological amyloid materials

(2011) Tuomas P. J. Knowles et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Physical Activity and Muscle Training in the Elderly

(2010) GUNNAR GRIMBY   ACTA MEDICA SCANDINAVICA

Effect of Hydration on Silk Film Material Properties

(2010) Brian D. Lawrence et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

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

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

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

Animal silks: their structures, properties and artificial production

(2009) Chengjie Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity

(2009) I. Agnarsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

How super is supercontraction? Persistent versus cyclic responses to humidity in spider dragline silk

(2009) T. A. Blackledge et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Silks as ancient models for modern polymers

(2009) Fritz Vollrath et al.   POLYMER

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

(2008) Guanqiang Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS