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Silk Biomaterials

Silk Biomaterials is a natural biomaterial derived from fibroin proteins produced by silkworms or spiders, distinguished by its exceptional mechanical strength, biocompatibility, and tunable biodegradability for use in medical and tissue engineering applications.

2.8K

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177.4K

Citations

9.8K

Authors

2.1K

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2017–2026

1.3K

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Publications

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Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

Danielle N. Rockwood, Rucsanda C. Preda, Tuna Yücel et al. · Nature Protocols · 2011 · 3K citations

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Silk as a biomaterial

Charu Vepari, David L. Kaplan · Progress in Polymer Science · 2007 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics

Dae‐Hyeong Kim, Jonathan Viventi, Jason J. Amsden et al. · Nature Materials · 2010 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Surprising strength of silkworm silk

Zhengzhong Shao, Fritz Vollrath · Nature · 2002 · 990 citations

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Silk matrix for tissue engineered anterior cruciate ligaments

Gregory H. Altman, Rebecca L. Horan, Helen H. Lu et al. · Biomaterials · 2002 · 860 citations

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Authors

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  1. DL
    David L. Kaplan

    Tufts University, United States

    339 publications · 45.6K citations

    112

    h-index

  2. FG
    Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

    Tufts University, United States

    72 publications · 10.1K citations

    50

    h-index

  3. SC
    Subhas C. Kundu

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    68 publications · 5.8K citations

    45

    h-index

  4. BB
    Biman B. Mandal

    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

    50 publications · 4.5K citations

    36

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  5. TS
    Thomas Scheibel

    University of Bayreuth, Germany

    52 publications · 4.5K citations

    35

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Institutions

2.1K

  1. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    113 h-index

    1.3K publications

    194K citations

  2. Soochow University

    Suzhou, China

    59 h-index

    951 publications

    49.4K citations

  3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    Kharagpur, India

    45 h-index

    202 publications

    14.7K citations

  4. Donghua University

    Shanghai, China

    40 h-index

    314 publications

    15.9K citations

  5. Fudan University

    Shanghai, China

    39 h-index

    340 publications

    18K citations

  6. Seoul National University

    Seoul, South Korea

    37 h-index

    151 publications

    11.6K citations

  7. Southwest University

    Chongqing, China

    34 h-index

    412 publications

    18.9K citations

  8. University of Bayreuth

    Bayreuth, Germany

    34 h-index

    150 publications

    13.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Biomaterials

    104 publications · 17.4K citations

    75

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  2. Acta Biomaterialia

    73 publications · 6.7K citations

    52

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  3. Biomacromolecules

    80 publications · 7.2K citations

    48

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  4. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

    116 publications · 6.3K citations

    47

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  5. Advanced Materials

    48 publications · 6.7K citations

    43

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