Article
Synthetically Spun Silk Nanofibers And A Process For Making The Same
Polymer Science Faculty Research
Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
8-29-2000
Disciplines
Abstract
A silk nanofiber composite network produced by forming a solution of silk fiber and hexafluroisopropanol, wherein the step of forming is devoid of any acid treatment, where the silk solution has a concentration of about 0.2 to about 1.5 weight percent silk in hexafluroisopropanol, and where the silk is selected from Bombyx mori silk and Nephila clavipes silk; and electrospinning the solution, thereby forming a non-woven network of nanofibers having a diameter in the range from about 2 to about 2000 nanometers.
Citation Information
Shahrzad Zarkoob, Darrell Reneker, Dale Ertley, R. K. Eby, et al.. "Synthetically Spun Silk Nanofibers And A Process For Making The Same" (2000) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/darrell_reneker/95/