Tuning water-responsiveness with Bombyx mori silk–silica nanoparticle composites

Autor:	Tai-De Li, Elizabeth J. Biddinger, Samaneh Sharifi Golru, Raymond S. Tu, Yeojin Jung, Xi Chen
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Materials science biology Silk Water General Chemistry Bombyx Silicon Dioxide Condensed Matter Physics biology.organism_classification Amorphous solid Silica nanoparticles Crystallinity SILK Chemical engineering Nanocrystal Bombyx mori Energy density Animals Nanoparticles
Zdroj:	Soft Matter. 17:7817-7821
ISSN:	1744-6848 1744-683X
Popis:	Bombyx (B.) mori silk's water-responsive actuation correlates to its high β-sheet crystallinity. In this research, we demonstrated that stiff silica nanoparticles can mimic the role of dispersed β-sheet nanocrystals and dramatically increase amorphous silk's water-responsive actuation energy density to ∼700 kJ m−3.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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