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SUBMITTER: Rnjak-Kovacina J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426347 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS biomaterials science & engineering 20150225 4
We present a silk biomaterial platform with highly tunable mechanical and degradation properties for engineering and regeneration of soft tissues such as, skin, adipose, and neural tissue, with elasticity properties in the kilopascal range. Lyophilized silk sponges were prepared under different process conditions and the effect of silk molecular weight, concentration and crystallinity on 3D scaffold formation, structural integrity, morphology, mechanical and degradation properties, and cell inte ...[more]