Physico-chemical properties of silk fibroin membrane as a biomaterial.
A water-insoluble silk fibroin membrane was prepared by immersing a silk fibroin membrane as cast in 50 vol% aqueous methanol solution for different periods of time at 25 degrees C. To use the membrane as a biomaterial, oxygen and water vapour permeability, transparency, mechanical property and enzymatic degradation behaviour in vitro of the membrane in the wet state were investigated. These physico-chemical properties changed according to the condition of the methanol treatment. The membrane had oxygen permeability, water vapour permeability, transparency and biodegradability.
Industrial Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan.
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D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D005349:Fibroins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D008422:Materials Testing; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010539:Permeability; D011506:Proteins; D047011:Silk; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013784:Textiles; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D019476:Insect Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D047011:Silk; D014867:Water; D005349:Fibroins; D010100:Oxygen