ArticleScientific reports2019
Artificial spinning of natural silk threads.
Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Charting the envelope of mechanical properties of synthetic silk fibers through predictive modeling of the drawing process.Science advances · 2025Article
- Fine Structural Analysis of Degummed Fibroin Fibers Reveals Its Superior Mechanical Capabilities.ChemSusChem · 2025Article
- Molecular organization of fibroin heavy chain and mechanism of fibre formation in Bombyx mori.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Silk Fibroin Materials: Biomedical Applications and Perspectives.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Continuous Wet Spinning of Regenerated Silk Fibers from Spinning Dopes Containing 4% Fibroin Protein.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Silk-based conductive materials for smart biointerfaces.Smart medicine · 2023Review
- Mesoscale structure development reveals when a silkworm silk is spun.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Shear-mediated sol-gel transition of regenerated silk allows the formation of Janus-like microgels.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Tensegrity Modelling and the High Toughness of Spider Dragline Silk.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Silk producing arthropods spin solid fibres from an aqueous protein feedstock apparently relying on the complex structure of the silk protein and its controlled aggregation by shear forces, alongside biochemical changes. This flow-induced phase-transition of the stored native silk molecules is irreversible, environmentally sound and remarkably energy efficient. The process seemingly relies on a self-assembling, fibrillation process. Here we test this hypothesis by biomimetically spinning a native-based silk feedstock, extracted by custom processes, into silk fibres that equal their natural models' mechanical properties. Importantly, these filaments, which featured cross-section morphologies ranged from large crescent-like to small ribbon-like shapes, also had the slender cross-sectional areas of native fibres and their hierarchical nanofibrillar structures. The modulation of the post-draw conditions directly affected mechanical properties, correlated with the extent of fibre crystallinity, i.e. degree of molecular order. We believe our study contributes significantly to the understanding and development of artificial silks by demonstrating successful biomimetic spinning relies on appropriately designed feedstock properties. In addition, our study provides inspiration for low-energy routes to novel synthetic polymers.
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