Structure and solubility of natural silk fibroin

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Authors

Е. S. Sashina · Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design

А. М. Бочек · Institute of Macromolecular Compounds

N. P. Novoselov · Institute of Macromolecular Compounds

Д. А. Кириченко · Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design

Abstract

The solubility of silk fibroin in aqueous-salt, aqueous-organic, and organic media is analyzed. Factors affecting the formation of the secondary structural organization of fibroin in solutions and in the solid state after the recovery from solutions are analyzed.

Topics & Keywords

Silk-based biomaterials and applications Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry

Volume 79, Issue 6, pp. 869-876

DOI: 10.1134/s1070427206060012

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