ArticleNature communications2021
Mesoscale structure development reveals when a silkworm silk is spun.
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- pH-triggered clustering regulates β-sheet activation in silk assembly.Communications chemistry · 2026Article
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- Calcium ion-triggered liquid-liquid phase separation of silk fibroin and spinning through acidification and shear stress.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Molecular organization of fibroin heavy chain and mechanism of fibre formation in Bombyx mori.Communications biology · 2024Article
- In-situ observation of silk nanofibril assembly via graphene plasmonic infrared sensor.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Microcompartmentalization Controls Silk Feedstock Rheology.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2023Article
- Dynamic Changes and Characterization of the Metal Ions in the Silk Glands and Silk Fibers of Silkworm.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Bioinspired Processing of Keratin into Upcycled Fibers through pH-Induced Coacervation.ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2023Article
- Micro and nano-scale compartments guide the structural transition of silk protein monomers into silk fibers.Nature communications · 2022Article
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Abstract
Silk fibre mechanical properties are attributed to the development of a multi-scale hierarchical structure during spinning. By careful ex vivo processing of a B. mori silkworm silk solution we arrest the spinning process, freezing-in mesoscale structures corresponding to three distinctive structure development stages; gelation, fibrilization and the consolidation phase identified in this work, a process highlighted by the emergence and extinction of 'water pockets'. These transient water pockets are a manifestation of the interplay between protein dehydration, phase separation and nanofibril assembly, with their removal due to nanofibril coalescence during consolidation. We modeled and validated how post-draw improves mechanical properties and refines a silk's hierarchical structure as a result of consolidation. These insights enable a better understanding of the sequence of events that occur during spinning, ultimately leading us to propose a robust definition of when a silkworm silk is actually 'spun'.
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