Silk protein coatings
AssigneeAmsilk GmbH
InventorsAxel H. Leimer, Lin Romer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for coating an inert or naturally occurring material with a silk polypeptide. It further relates to a coated inert or naturally occurring material obtainable by said method and to uses thereof. It also relates to products comprising said coated material.
Claims21
-37. (canceled)
A method of coating a naturally occurring material with a silk polypeptide which comprises the steps of:
- i) providing a solution which comprises at least one silk polypeptide comprising at least two identical repetitive units and a solvent, and
- ii) applying the solution on a naturally occurring material and thereby coating the natural occurring material with the silk polypeptide,
- wherein the naturally occurring material is selected from the group consisting of hair, skin, cotton, and wool.
A method of coating a synthetic inert material with a silk polypeptide which comprises the steps of:
- i) providing a solution which comprises at least one silk polypeptide comprising at least two identical repetitive units and a solvent, and
- ii) applying the solution on a synthetic inert material and thereby coating the synthetic inert material with the silk polypeptide,
- wherein the synthetic inert material is selected from the group consisting of polyaramid, polypropylene, polyethylene, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE).
A coated naturally occurring material obtainable by the method of claim 1 or a coated synthetic inert material obtainable by the method of claim 12, wherein the natural occurring material is selected from the group consisting of hair, skin, cotton, and wool or the synthetic inert material is selected from the group consisting of polyaramid, polypropylene, polyethylene, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.