Surface modification and functionalization of silk fibroin fibers/fabric toward high performance applications

Silk as a biomaterial

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

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +10

Surprising strength of silkworm silk

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

Life Sciences, Entomology, Materials Science +8

Silk matrix for tissue engineered anterior cruciate ligaments

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

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +13

Silk Fibroin of Bombyx mori Is Secreted, Assembling a High Molecular Mass Elementary Unit Consisting of H-chain, L-chain, and P25, with a 6:6:1 Molar Ratio

Satoshi Inoue, Kazunori Tanaka, Fumio Arisaka et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 781 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

An investigation of the structure of silk fibroin

R.E. Marsh, Robert B. Corey, Linus Pauling · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta · 1955 · 716 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Materials Science +8