Towards the fabrication of biohybrid silk fibroin materials: entrapment and preservation of chloroplast organelles in silk fibroin films

Abstract

Chloroplasts extracted from spinach leaves were entrapped in B. mori silk fibroin films to investigate the maintenance of their photosynthetic activity in a dry environment.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Source ID
10.1039/c6ra13228f

Entities

People

  • Alexander N. Mitropoulos
  • Benedetto Marelli
  • David L. Kaplan
  • Fiorenzo G Omenetto
  • Giovanni Perotto
  • Jason J Amsden

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • Tufts University
  • United States Army

Tags

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science