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Silk‐on‐Silk Layer‐by‐Layer Microcapsules
Author(s) -
Shchepelina Olga,
Drachuk Irina,
Gupta Maneesh K.,
Lin Jeffrey,
Tsukruk Vladimir V.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201102234
Subject(s) - silk , dispersity , materials science , fabrication , layer (electronics) , polymer science , porosity , nanotechnology , layer by layer , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Single‐component silk‐on‐silk microcapsules based on a layer‐by‐layer approach demonstrate the fabrication of highly permeable microcapsules with controlled permeability, porosity, and shell thickness. The formation of monodisperse robust capsules is afforded as a result of the formation of a β‐sheet‐rich structure of the absorbed silk proteins and hydrophobic–hydrophobic interactions.