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SUBMITTER: Moreira IP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127357 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moreira Inês P IP Esteves Carina C Palma Susana I C J SICJ Ramou Efthymia E Carvalho Ana L M ALM Roque Ana C A ACA
Materials today. Bio 20220516
Silk fibroin is a biobased material with excellent biocompatibility and mechanical properties, but its use in bioelectronics is hampered by the difficult dissolution and low intrinsic conductivity. Some ionic liquids are known to dissolve fibroin but removed after fibroin processing. However, ionic liquids and fibroin can cooperatively give rise to functional materials, and there are untapped opportunities in this combination. The dissolution of fibroin, followed by gelation, in designer ionic l ...[more]