JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bioactive silk hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties

Xue WangZhaozhao DingChen WangXiangdong ChenHui XuQiang LüDavid L. Kaplan

Year: 2018 Journal:   Journal of Materials Chemistry B Vol: 6 (18)Pages: 2739-2746   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Hydrogels with tunable stiffness and differentiation capacity were achieved through introducing inert SF nanofibers into a HRP crosslinking system of SF.

Keywords:
Self-healing hydrogels Materials science Nanofiber SILK Inert Chemical engineering Stiffness Composite material Polymer chemistry Nanotechnology Organic chemistry Chemistry

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Citation History

Topics

Silk-based biomaterials and applications
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Biomaterials
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
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