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Microfluidic Dry-spinning and Characterization of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Fibers
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Regenerated silk fibroin using protic ionic liquids solvents: towards an all-ionic-liquid process for producing silk
Nicolas Goujon1, Xungai Wang, Rangam Rajkowa
1Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University, Geelong, Vic 3217, Australia.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|December 20, 2011
Abstract:
We have shown that protic ionic liquids, pILs, are effective coagulation solvents for the regenerated of silk fibroin, RSF. We show that the choice of pIL has a dramatic effect on the composition of the RSF. Additionally the use of pILs as the coagulator eliminates the need for volatile organic solvents in silk processing.
