Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2017

Journal/Book/Conference Title

RSC ADVANCES

Volume

7

Issue

39

First Page

24085

Last Page

24096

DOI

10.1039/c7ra02682j

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Originally published at http://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra02682j

Date of Submission

July 2017

Abstract

In this report, a novel silk fibroin hydrogel with a reversible sol-gel transition capacity is presented, in which the base material of this reversible hydrogel is hydrophilic silk fibroin (HSF) obtained by immersing a dried regenerated Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) condensate in deionized water (DI water) and collecting its lixivium. The resulting HSF sol can exhibit an enhanced sol-gel transition within several hours at suitable temperatures (25-50 degrees C) without any exterior additive, even at extremely low concentrations (

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