Hydration-responsive silk-based material, its use and preparation
AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorsJinlian Hu, Xiaoyun Xu
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for preparing a hydration-responsive silk-based material includes the steps of: (a) providing a precursor solution including a mixture of silk fibroin, lithium bromide, and cellulose nanocrystal; (b) wet-spinning the precursor solution into a coagulation solution to form an intermediate silk-based material; and (c) drawing the intermediate silk-based material in the coagulation solution to obtain the hydration-responsive silk-based material. A hydration-responsive silk-based material prepared by such a method and the use of the hydration-responsive silk-based material are also addressed.
Claims25
A method for preparing a hydration-responsive silk-based material, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a precursor solution including a mixture of silk fibroin, lithium bromide, and cellulose nanocrystal;
- (b) wet-spinning the precursor solution into a coagulation solution to form an intermediate silk-based material;
- and
- (c) drawing the intermediate silk-based material in the coagulation solution to obtain the hydration-responsive silk-based material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.