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Recombinant spider silk from aqueous solutions via a bio-inspired microfluidic chip.


ABSTRACT: Spiders achieve superior silk fibres by controlling the molecular assembly of silk proteins and the hierarchical structure of fibres. However, current wet-spinning process for recombinant spidroins oversimplifies the natural spinning process. Here, water-soluble recombinant spider dragline silk protein (with a low molecular weight of 47?kDa) was adopted to prepare aqueous spinning dope. Artificial spider silks were spun via microfluidic wet-spinning, using a continuous post-spin drawing process (WS-PSD). By mimicking the natural spinning apparatus, shearing and elongational sections were integrated in the microfluidic spinning chip to induce assembly, orientation of spidroins, and fibril structure formation. The additional post-spin drawing process following the wet-spinning section partially mimics the spinning process of natural spider silk and substantially contributes to the compact aggregation of microfibrils. Subsequent post-stretching further improves the hierarchical structure of the fibres, including the crystalline structure, orientation, and fibril melting. The tensile strength and elongation of post-treated fibres reached up to 510?MPa and 15%, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Peng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098227 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Recombinant spider silk from aqueous solutions via a bio-inspired microfluidic chip.

Peng Qingfa Q   Zhang Yaopeng Y   Lu Li L   Shao Huili H   Qin Kankan K   Hu Xuechao X   Xia Xiaoxia X  

Scientific reports 20161107


Spiders achieve superior silk fibres by controlling the molecular assembly of silk proteins and the hierarchical structure of fibres. However, current wet-spinning process for recombinant spidroins oversimplifies the natural spinning process. Here, water-soluble recombinant spider dragline silk protein (with a low molecular weight of 47 kDa) was adopted to prepare aqueous spinning dope. Artificial spider silks were spun via microfluidic wet-spinning, using a continuous post-spin drawing process  ...[more]

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