title: Liquid Exfoliated Natural Silk Nanofibrils: Applications in Optical and Electrical Devices.
abstract: A method to directly extract silk nanofibrils from native silk fibers at the single nanofibrils scale is reported. The resulting silk nanofibrils, which retain structural features and physical properties of native silk fibers, show potential utility in optical and electronic devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
authors.forename: Shengjie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA. David.Kaplan@Tufts.edu.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. mbuehler@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Markus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Buehler
keywords: functional devices; liquid exfoliation; silk fiber; silk nanofibrils