Interfacial bonding and degumming effects on silk fibre/polymer biocomposites
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Article Title | Interfacial bonding and degumming effects on silk fibre/polymer biocomposites |
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ERA Journal ID | 4883 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ho, Mei-po (Author), Wang, Hao (Author), Lau, Kin-tak (Author), Lee, Joong-hee (Author) and Hui, David (Author) |
Journal Title | Composites Part B: Engineering |
Journal Citation | 43 (7), pp. 2801-2812 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1359-8368 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.04.042 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359836812002818 |
Abstract | Silk fibre has been popularly used for bio-medical engineering and surgically-operational applications for centuries because of its biocompatible and bioresorbable properties. Using silk fibre as reinforcement for bio-polymers could enhance the stiffness of scaffoldings and bone implants. However, raw silk fibre consists of silk fibroin that is bound together by a hydrophilic glued-liked protein layer called 'sericin'. Degumming is a surface modification process for sericin removal which allows a wide control of the silk fibre's properties, making the silk fibre possible to be properly used for the development and production of novel bio-composites with specific mechanical and biodegradable properties. Some critical issues such as wettability, bonding efficiency and biodegradability at the fibre/matrix interface are of interesting topics in the study of the degumming process. Therefore, it is a need to detailedly study the effect on different degumming processes to the properties of the silk fibre for real-life applications. |
Keywords | natural fibre composites; mechanical properties; surface analysis |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401413. Textile technology |
310606. Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins | |
400302. Biomaterials | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Jeonbuk National University, Korea | |
University of New Orleans, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1608/interfacial-bonding-and-degumming-effects-on-silk-fibre-polymer-biocomposites
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