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Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk

The fabrication of green optical waveguides based on cellulose and spider silk might allow the processing of novel biocompatible materials. Regenerated cellulose fibers are used as the core and recombinantly produced spider silk proteins eADF4(C16) as the cladding material. A detected delamination b...

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Autores principales: Reimer, Martin, Mayer, Kai, Van Opdenbosch, Daniel, Scheibel, Thomas, Zollfrank, Cordt
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36648823
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010037
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author Reimer, Martin
Mayer, Kai
Van Opdenbosch, Daniel
Scheibel, Thomas
Zollfrank, Cordt
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description The fabrication of green optical waveguides based on cellulose and spider silk might allow the processing of novel biocompatible materials. Regenerated cellulose fibers are used as the core and recombinantly produced spider silk proteins eADF4(C16) as the cladding material. A detected delamination between core and cladding could be circumvented by using a modified spider silk protein with a cellulose-binding domain-enduring permanent adhesion between the cellulose core and the spider silk cladding. The applied spider silk materials were characterized optically, and the theoretical maximum data rate was determined. The results show optical waveguide structures promising for medical applications, for example, in the future.
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spelling pubmed-98444722023-01-18 Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk Reimer, Martin Mayer, Kai Van Opdenbosch, Daniel Scheibel, Thomas Zollfrank, Cordt Biomimetics (Basel) Article The fabrication of green optical waveguides based on cellulose and spider silk might allow the processing of novel biocompatible materials. Regenerated cellulose fibers are used as the core and recombinantly produced spider silk proteins eADF4(C16) as the cladding material. A detected delamination between core and cladding could be circumvented by using a modified spider silk protein with a cellulose-binding domain-enduring permanent adhesion between the cellulose core and the spider silk cladding. The applied spider silk materials were characterized optically, and the theoretical maximum data rate was determined. The results show optical waveguide structures promising for medical applications, for example, in the future. MDPI 2023-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9844472/ /pubmed/36648823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010037 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk
title Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk
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title_full_unstemmed Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk
title_short Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk
title_sort biocompatible optical fibers made of regenerated cellulose and recombinant cellulose-binding spider silk
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36648823
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010037
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