Issue 39, 2005
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Regenerated silk fiber wet spinning from an ionic liquid solution

David M. Phillips,a   Lawrence F. Drummy,a   Rajesh R. Naik,a   Hugh C. De Long,b   Douglas M. Fox,c   Paul C. Trulovec  and  Robert A. Mantz*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
E-mail: rajesh.naik@wpafb.af.mil, robert.mantz@wpafb.af.mil
Fax: 01 937 255 2176
Tel: 01 937 255 2199

b Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Chemistry and Life Sciences Directorate, Arlington, VA 22203, USA

c Chemistry Department, U. S. Naval Academy, 572 Holloway Rd., Annapolis, MD 21402, USA

Abstract

Regenerated silk fibroin from Bombyx mori silkworms was extruded into fibers from a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid solvent system; the drawn fibers rinsed in methanol exhibit alignment of the β-sheet crystallites along the fiber axis.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B510069K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jul 2005
Accepted
18 Aug 2005
First published
02 Sep 2005

J. Mater. Chem., 2005,15, 4206-4208

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Regenerated silk fiber wet spinning from an ionic liquid solution

D. M. Phillips, L. F. Drummy, R. R. Naik, H. C. D. Long, D. M. Fox, P. C. Trulove and R. A. Mantz, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 4206 DOI: 10.1039/B510069K

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