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Silk Materials: Engineering the Future of Silk Materials through Advanced Manufacturing (Adv. Mater. 33/2018)
Author(s) -
Zhou Zhitao,
Zhang Shaoqing,
Cao Yunteng,
Marelli Benedetto,
Xia Xiaoxia,
Tao Tiger H.
Publication year - 2018
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.201870250
Subject(s) - silk , materials science , nanotechnology , characterization (materials science) , polymer science , manufacturing engineering , engineering , composite material
Silk is undergoing a revolution with numerous research interests in achieving advantageous performances compared to natural ones via appropriate modifications and innovative manufacturing. In article number 1706983 , Benedetto Marelli, Xiaoxia Xia, Tiger H. Tao, and co‐workers provide a critical overview of recent progress in silk technology, which mainly emphasizes high‐tech applications enabled by recent innovations in manufacturing, modifications, and characterization of silk materials.