Tuning water-responsiveness with silk-silica nanoparticle composites
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 en...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Soft matter 2021-09, Vol.17 (34), p.7817-7821 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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
.
Silica nanoparticles mimic β-sheet nanocrystals and increase
Bombyx mori
silk's water-responsive actuation energy. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-683X 1744-6848 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d1sm00794g |