Fibroin cryogels

Fig. 3 Stress-strain curves of a fibroin cryogel in (a) swollen and (b) dry states are shown as the dependence of the nominal stress a on the degree of compression = —18 °C Csf = 4.2 % EGDE = 20 mmol/g epoxide TEMED = 0.07 %...

Fig. 12 SEM images of fibroin cryogel networks formed at the various temperatures (rprep) indicated. Scale bars 100 pm. (Frran [50] with pmnissirai irom the American Chemical Society)...

Fig. 18 Amide I region of (a) FTIR spectra and (b) X-ray difbnction profile of Ireeze-dried fibroin cryogels. Data obtained by freeze-drying of silk fibroin solutions before gelation are also shown dotted curves). tx) TEMED content (%) 0.07 solid curve), 0.10 long dash), 0.13 short dash), 0.17 short-long), 0.25 dash-dot-dot), 0.33 short-long-short), and 0.50 % dash-dot), (b) TEMED content (%) is indicated on the curves. Tprep = -18 °C Csf = 4.2 wt% EGDE = 20 mmol/g. (From [50] with permission from the American Chemical Society)...

Kundu, B., Kundu, S.C. Bio-inspired fabrication of fibroin cryogels from the muga silkworm Antheraea assamensis for liver tissue engineering. Biomed. Mater. Bristol EngJ. 8, 055003 (2013). doi 10.1088/1748-6041/8/5/055003... 

In this section, some novel cryogel materials based on DNA, silk fibroin, poly (acrylic acid), and several types of rubber are presented, and their applications in various fields are summarized. 

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