Silk : properties, production and uses / Pornanong Aramwit, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aramwit, Pornanong.

Series:

Materials science and technologies series.

Materials science and technologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a general introduction to the use of the silkworm and its products for the textile industry and in the human body for the purposes of aiding healing and correcting deformities. In addition, this book provides a familiarity with the uses of silk materials in textile and biological applications and also the rational basis for these applications. It covers subjects such as silkworm silk fiber composites, silk materials in medicine and cellular immunological responses to silk materials.

Contents:

Intro

SILK PROPERTIES, PRODUCTION AND USES

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABOUT THE EDITOR

CHAPTER 1. SILK USE BY BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2. MUGA SILK: PROPERTIES, PRODUCTION AND USES

COMPOSITION OF MUGA SILK

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MUGA SILK

MUGA SILK PRODUCTION

SEQUENCE OF MUGA SILK PREPARATION

1. Muga Yarn Preparation

2. Muga Silk Weaving

3. Chemical Processing of Muga Silk

3.1. Degumming

a. Soap and Soda Method

b. Acid Degumming

c. Enzymatic Degumming

Degumming Loss

3.2. Bleaching

3.3. Dyeing

3.4. Printing

3.5. Finishing

3.6. Laudering

MUGA PRODUCTS

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 3. CONSERVATION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF SPIDER SILK: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION OF SPIDERS AND THEIR SILK

CONSERVATION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF SILK GENES WITHIN THE ARANEAE

MODES OF EVOLUTION: EVIDENCE FOR DUPLICATION, RECOMBINATION AND DIVERSIFYING SELECTION

APPLICATION OF EVOLUTIONARY DATA TO BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 4. EVOLUTION OF MULBERY AND NON-MULBERRY SILK FIBERS FOR TEXTILE APPLICATIONS

STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF SILK FIBERS

1. Chemical Properties

2. Physical Properties

3. Mechanical Properties

4. Thermal Properties

SILK PRODUCTION

1. Silk Synthesis

2. Silk Production

SILK PROCESSING FOR TEXTILE APPLICATIONS

1. Mulberry Silk Srocessing

1.1. Silk Reeling or Filature

1.2. Silk Spinning

1.3. Silk Blending with Other Short Staple Fibers

2. Non-Mulberry Silk Processing.

2.1 Tasar Reeling, Spinning and Blending

2.2. Eri Spinning and Blending

SILK APPLICATIONS FOR TEXTILE

1. Modification for Silk Fiber

2. Degumming and Dyeing

3. Sericin Coated Fiber

4. LbL Coated Fabric

5. Water Repellence

6. UV Protection

7. Anti-Bacteria

CHAPTER 5. FLAVONOIDS AND CAROTENOIDS IN SILKWORM COCOONS

CAROTENOIDS IN SILK COCOONS

DISTRIBUTION OF CAROTENOIDS IN BOMBYX MORI

SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LUTEIN-BINDING PROTEIN AND PROSTHETIC GROUP IDENTIFICATION

TRANSPORTATION OF CAROTENOIDS

GENES RELATED TO CAROTENOID TRANSPORTATION AND COMPOSITION OF CAROTENOID-BINDING PROTEINS

FLAVONOIDS IN SILK COCOONS

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF PIGMENT FROM COCOONS

CHAPTER 6. A NOVEL CONCEPT ON BIOENGINEERING-SILKWORM SILK FIBRE

PRODUCTION OF SILK

TYPES OF SILK

STRUCTURE OF SILK

PROPERTIES OF SILK

BIODEGRADATION OF SILK

APPLICATIONS OF SILK

SILK FIBRE COMPOSITES

APPLICATIONS OF SILK FIBRE COMPOSITES

Wound Sutures

Tissue Engineering

CHAPTER 7. EVALUATING THE DEGRADATION OF SILK FABRICS AND SILK-BASED BIOMATERIALS

INTRODUCTION: PROTEIN DEGRADATION

SILK TEXTILES: PATTERNS OF AGEING AND ANALYSIS

SILK COMPOSITION

ANALYTICAL STUDIES ON ANCIENT SILK

SILK PHOTODEGRADATION

SILK-DERIVED BIOMATERIALS

PROTEOMIC EVALUATION OF SILK DEGRADATION

SILK PROTEOMICS

APPLICATION OF REDOX PROTEOMICS

Molecular Level Characterization

Damage Profiling and Tracking

Mapping Carbonylation

Protein-Protein Crosslinking

PROTEOMIC EVALUATION OF SILK FABRICS AND PHOTODEGRADATION

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 8. ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON SPIDER SILK PROPERTIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING ADAPTABLE, DEGRADATION RESISTANT BIOMATERIALS

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF SPIDER SILK

ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF SPIDER SILKS AND WEBS

INFLUENCE OF PREY VARIATION

1. Tailoring of Silk to Prey Type

2. Role of Nutrition

INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND WIND

INFLUENCE OF WATER

1. Excess Water

2. Water Shortage

ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN SPIDER SILK: A SUMMARY

APPLICATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 9. TOWARD ECO-FRIENDLY COMPOSITE MATERIALS BASED ON SILK FIBROIN

SILK

SILKWORM SILK

SILK FIBROIN FIBERS

SILK FIBROIN NANOFIBERS

SILK FIBROIN PARTICLES

FINAL REMARKS

CHAPTER 10. CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SILK MATERIALS

SILK'S COMPOSITION

IMMUNOLOGICAL CASCADE

REPORTS OF SILK ALLERGY

ALLERGY TO SILKWORM LARVAE

Antigenicity of Silk Fibroin

Antigenicity of Silk Sericin

CHAPTER 11. SILK FIBROIN IN MEDICINE

SILK FIBROIN: A MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER

PROCESSING

1. Sources

2. Degumming

3. Dissolution

4. Chemical Modifications

5. Biological Activity

PROCESSING TECHNIQUES: A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH

1. Films

2. Foams

3. Fibers

3.1 Microfiber Nets

3.2 Electrospun Nets

4. Microspheres

5. Hydrogels

THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

1. Wound Treatment

1.1 Sutures

1.2 Wound Dressings

2. Tissue Engineering

2.1. Bone Tissue

2.2. Cartilage Tissue

2.3. Vascular Tissues

2.4. Skin Tissue

2.5. Other Tissues

3. Biocompatible Coatings

3.1. Anti-thrombogenic Response

3.2. Biorecognition

4. Drug Release Systems

5. Devices &amp

Biosensors

CHAPTER 12. SILK MATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

SILK FIBROIN AS DRUG AND GENE DELIVERY APPLICATIONS

SILK FIBROIN-BASED SYSTEMS AND DRUG DELIVERY STRATEGIES

Drug Incorporation

Controlled-Release Preparation

TECHNIQUES FOR PREPARING SILK-BASED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

1. Direct Compression

2. Gelation

3. Casting

4. Microparticle

5. Freeze-drying

6. Electrospinning

7. Layer-by-Layer Deposition

SILK FIBROIN FROM SILKWORM AS CARRIER

SILK SERICIN FROM SILKWORM AS CARRIER

SPIDER SILK FIBROIN FOR DRUG DELIVERY

CHAPTER 13. APPLICATION OF SILK SERICIN FOR THE CONTROLLED RELEASE AND TARGET-SPECIFIC DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES

SILK SERICIN AS A BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES

TECHNIQUES FOR PREPARING SERICIN-BASED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

1. Solutions

2. Gels

3. Cream

4. Porous Matrices

5. Films

6. Micro and Nanospheres

DRUG CONTROLLED RELEASE

1. Fluorescein Isothiocyanate - Dextran and Fluorescein Isothiocyanate Albumin Release from Sericin Gel, Sponge and Film

2. Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Controlled Release from Sericin Film

DRUG DELIVERY

1. L-Asparaginase Immobilized in Sericin Microspheres

2. Sericin-Insulin Bioconjugates

3. Sericin-Poloxamer Nanospheres as Nanocarriers of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Drugs

4. Sericin Film Incorporating FGF-2

BIOEROSION BEHAVIOR OF SERICIN PREPARATIONS

REVIEWED BY

CHAPTER 14. SILK PROTEINS FOR WOUND HEALING MATERIALS

SILK FIBROIN FOR WOUND DRESSING MATERIAL

Non-woven Silk Fibroin Mats

Silk Fibroin Films

Silk Fibroin Porous Sponges

Modification of Silk Fibroin Structures for Wound Dressing.

Biomaterial Films/Scaffolds by Blending Silk Fibroin with other Natural or Synthetic Polymers

GUMMING SILK PROTEIN, SERICIN, FOR WOUND DRESSING MATERIAL

CHAPTER 15. USE OF SILK IN TENDON/LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING

FUNCTION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE TENDON/LIGAMENT

INJURY PREVALENCE AND HEALING OF THE TENDON/LIGAMENT

TISSUE ENGINEERING AS THE FUTURE TREATMENT STANDARD FOR RUPTURED TENDON/LIGAMENT

SUITABILITY OF THE KNITTED SILK FIBROIN SCAFFOLD FOR TENDON/LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING

OPTIMIZING DEGUMMING CONDITIONS FOR RETENTION OF SILK FIBROIN MECHANICAL PROPERTIES FOR TENDON/LIGAMENT SCAFFOLD APPLICATION

IN VITRO CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HYBRID SILK FIBROIN SCAFFOLD FOR TENDON/LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATION

IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HYBRID SILK FIBROIN SCAFFOLD FOR TENDON/LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATION USING THE RABBIT MODEL

PRECLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE HYBRID SILK FIBROIN SCAFFOLD FOR TENDON/LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATION USING THE PORCINE MODEL

INDEX.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62100-723-5