Design, Fabrication, and Function of Silk‐Based Nanomaterials. (12th November 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Design, Fabrication, and Function of Silk‐Based Nanomaterials. (12th November 2018)
- Main Title:
- Design, Fabrication, and Function of Silk‐Based Nanomaterials
- Authors:
- Wang, Yu
Guo, Jin
Zhou, Liang
Ye, Chao
Omenetto, Fiorenzo G.
Kaplan, David L.
Ling, Shengjie - Abstract:
- Abstract: Animal silks, consisting of pure protein components, offer an extraordinary combination of strength, elongation, and toughness, exceeding most engineered materials. The secret to this success is their unique nanoarchitectures formed through the hierarchical self‐assembly of silk proteins. This natural process contrasts the production of artificial silk materials, which usually are directly constructed as bulk structures from silk fibroin (SF) molecules. A variety of fabrication strategies to control nanostructures of silks or to create functional materials from silk nanoscale building blocks have been developed in the recent years. These emerging fabrication strategies offer an opportunity to tailor the structure of SF at the nanoscale and provide a promising route to produce structurally and functionally optimized silk nanomaterials. Herein, the critical roles of silk nanoarchitectures in property and function of natural silk fibers are reviewed and the strategies of utilization of these silk nanobuilding blocks are outlined. Further, the state‐of‐the‐art techniques to create silk nanoarchitectures and to generate silk‐based nanocomponents are summarized. An effective approach to constructing sophisticated silk functional nanocomposites with promising applications in regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and optical and electronic device designs is provided. Further, such insights suggest templates to consider for other material systems. Abstract : A criticalAbstract: Animal silks, consisting of pure protein components, offer an extraordinary combination of strength, elongation, and toughness, exceeding most engineered materials. The secret to this success is their unique nanoarchitectures formed through the hierarchical self‐assembly of silk proteins. This natural process contrasts the production of artificial silk materials, which usually are directly constructed as bulk structures from silk fibroin (SF) molecules. A variety of fabrication strategies to control nanostructures of silks or to create functional materials from silk nanoscale building blocks have been developed in the recent years. These emerging fabrication strategies offer an opportunity to tailor the structure of SF at the nanoscale and provide a promising route to produce structurally and functionally optimized silk nanomaterials. Herein, the critical roles of silk nanoarchitectures in property and function of natural silk fibers are reviewed and the strategies of utilization of these silk nanobuilding blocks are outlined. Further, the state‐of‐the‐art techniques to create silk nanoarchitectures and to generate silk‐based nanocomponents are summarized. An effective approach to constructing sophisticated silk functional nanocomposites with promising applications in regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and optical and electronic device designs is provided. Further, such insights suggest templates to consider for other material systems. Abstract : A critical summary of the state of the art in the field of design, fabrication, and function of silk‐based nanomaterials is provided in this review. The structure–property–function relationships of nanobuilding blocks in silk fibers and the emerging strategies for fabrication and use of natural and regenerated silk fibroin–based nanomaterials are highlighted. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Advanced functional materials. Volume 28:Number 52(2018)
- Journal:
- Advanced functional materials
- Issue:
- Volume 28:Number 52(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 28, Issue 52 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 52
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0028-0052-0000
- Page Start:
- n/a
- Page End:
- n/a
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11-12
- Subjects:
- biomineralization -- carbon nanomaterials -- nanofabrication -- silk
Materials -- Periodicals
Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals
620.11 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1616-3028 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1002/adfm.201805305 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1616-301X
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