Changes in the mechanical properties of silk scaffold by rays-irradiation

Kawahara, Yutaka*; Sekiguchi, Takahiro*; Nishikawa, Yukihiro*; Nagasawa, Naotsugu

Nihon Shiruku Gakkai-Shi, 23, p.67 - 69, 2015/03

http://doi.org/10.11417/silk.23.67

Silk aerogel has been prepared from liquid silk, and the influences of the ray-irradiation on its mechanical property have been investigated. The formation of crosslinking structure in the sericin component by the ray-irradiation should induced the hardening of the silk aerogel.