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ArticleAdvanced composites and hybrid materials2024

High-performance magnetic artificial silk fibers produced by a scalable and eco-friendly production method.

Gabriele Greco, Benjamin Schmuck, Lucia Del Bianco, Federico Spizzo, Luca Fambri, Nicola Maria Pugno, Sabino Veintemillas-Verdaguer, Maria Puerto Morales, Anna Rising

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Article in Advanced composites and hybrid materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gabriele Greco *Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7011, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
Benjamin Schmuck *Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7011, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
Lucia Del BiancoDepartment of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, Via G. Saragat 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy.
Federico SpizzoDepartment of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, Via G. Saragat 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy.
Luca FambriDepartment of Industrial Engineering and INSTM Research Unit, University of Trento, via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy.
Nicola Maria PugnoDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory for Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy.
Sabino Veintemillas-VerdaguerInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Maria Puerto MoralesInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Anna RisingDepartment of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7011, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.

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Abstract

Flexible magnetic materials have great potential for biomedical and soft robotics applications, but they need to be mechanically robust. An extraordinary material from a mechanical point of view is spider silk. Recently, methods for producing artificial spider silk fibers in a scalable and all-aqueous-based process have been developed. If endowed with magnetic properties, such biomimetic artificial spider silk fibers would be excellent candidates for making magnetic actuators. In this study, we introduce magnetic artificial spider silk fibers, comprising magnetite nanoparticles coated with meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid. The composite fibers can be produced in large quantities, employing an environmentally friendly wet-spinning process. The nanoparticles were found to be uniformly dispersed in the protein matrix even at high concentrations (up to 20% w/w magnetite), and the fibers were superparamagnetic at room temperature. This enabled external magnetic field control of fiber movement, rendering the material suitable for actuation applications. Notably, the fibers exhibited superior mechanical properties and actuation stresses compared to conventional fiber-based magnetic actuators. Moreover, the fibers developed herein could be used to create macroscopic systems with self-recovery shapes, underscoring their potential in soft robotics applications. Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42114-024-00962-y.

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Bio-fibersCompositeMechanical propertiesNanomaterialsSuperparamagnetismWet-spinning

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PMCPMC11447077

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