Chitosan‐Fibroin Laminates: Unexpected Strength and Toughness in Chitosan‐Fibroin Laminates Inspired by Insect Cuticle (Adv. Mater. 4/2012) | Zendy

Fernandez Javier G. | Zendy; Ingber Donald E. | Zendy

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Chitosan‐Fibroin Laminates: Unexpected Strength and Toughness in Chitosan‐Fibroin Laminates Inspired by Insect Cuticle (Adv. Mater. 4/2012)

Author(s) -

Fernandez Javier G.,

Ingber Donald E.

Publication year - 2012

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.201290016

Subject(s) - fibroin , materials science , composite material , arthropod cuticle , chitosan , toughness , cuticle (hair) , insect , polymer science , anatomy , botany , silk , biology , biochemistry

Javier Fernandez and Donald Ingber demonstrate on page 480 that chitosan‐fibroin laminates inspired by natural insect cuticles have unexpected strength and toughness. The inside cover image shows a scaled replica of a Thesoneura Americana hind wing made of Shrilk, which is a synthetic insect cuticle material composed of a laminate of chitosan and fibroin. Thesoneura is a member of the Palepdictyoptera family that is believed to be one of the first primitive flying insects. This insect became extinct about 300 million years ago; the shape was reproduced from fossil records and the vein pattern was reproduced from a grasshopper hind wing.

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