Silk fibroin gelation via non-solvent induced phase separation
Abstract
The metastable nature of reconstituted silk fibroin (RSF) and its sensitivity to the solvent quality were explored to prepare hydrogels and porous foams that could be useful for the encapsulation of cells and/or hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c5bm00471c
Entities
People
- Dana Kubies
- Fritz Vollrath
- Naresh Kasoju
- Nicholas Hawkins
- Ognen Pop-georgievski
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Czech Academy of Sciences
- European Research Council
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
- University of Kentucky
- University of Oxford
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry