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Regenerated silk fiber wet spinning from an ionic liquid solution

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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 -sheet crystallites along the fiber axis.

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