THERMAL SCIENCE
International Scientific Journal
EFFECT OF DEGUMMING PH VALUE ON ELECTROSPINING OF SILK FIBROIN
ABSTRACT
Regenerated silk fibroin fibers show properties dependent on the molecular weight of fibroin. The cocoon-degumming approaches had great impact on the degradation of silk fibroin. The effect of degumming pH value to electrospining of fibroin was studied in this paper. The viscosity and molecular weight of regenerated silk fibroin were studied using rheometer and gel electrophoresis. The results showed that the weaker the alkalinity of degumming reagent, there was the milder the effect on silk fibroin molecular. The fibroin fibers can be prepared by electrospining with low concentration of regenerated silk fibroin solution.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2014-04-06
PAPER REVISED: 2014-05-04
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2014-06-27
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2015-01-04
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR
2014, VOLUME
18, ISSUE
Issue 5, PAGES [1702 - 1704]
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