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Also known as silk fiber

thumb|Raw silk of domesticated silk worms, showing its natural shine|360x360px Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven or knitted into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin (75-80%) and a smaller coating of sericin (20-25%). It is most commonly produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori, which are reared in captivity (sericulture). The shimmery appearance of silk is due to the triangular prism-like structure of the silk fiber, which c

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Silk is a natural protein fiber produced mainly by insect larvae, most commonly the mulberry silkworm, that can be woven into textiles valued for their characteristic shimmery appearance. The fiber's lustrous quality comes from its triangular prism-like structure, and silk is composed primarily of a protein called fibroin with a smaller coating of sericin.

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Chinese.mr: kyŏn
Chinese.wuu: sy
Chinese.hsn: sr1
Chinese.hanja: 絹
Chinese.rr: gyeon
Chinese.pic: Silk (Chinese characters).svg
Chinese.piccap: "Silk" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese
Chinese.picupright: 0.255
Chinese.s: 丝
Chinese.t: 絲
Chinese.p: sī
Chinese.w: ssŭ1
Chinese.j: si1
Chinese.y: sī
Chinese.tl: si
Chinese.mc: si
Chinese.chunom: 縷
Chinese.qn: lụa

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Research

22,185 papers

Silk Fibroin Biomaterials and Their Beneficial Role in Skin Wound Healing.ReviewBiomolecules · 2022Mazurek Ł, Szudzik M, Rybka M et al.DOI: 10.3390/biom12121852
Silk Bioconjugates: From Chemistry and Concept to Application.ReviewACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2024Matthew SAL, Seib FPDOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01116
Silk-Based Advanced Materials for Soft Electronics.ReviewAccounts of chemical research · 2019Wang C, Xia K, Zhang Y et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00333
Spider Silk for Tissue Engineering Applications.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Salehi S, Koeck K, Scheibel TDOI: 10.3390/molecules25030737
Silk sericin as building blocks of bioactive materials for advanced therapeutics.ReviewJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023Hu D, Li T, Liang W et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.11.019
Silk and Silk-Like Supramolecular Materials.ReviewMacromolecular rapid communications · 2018Fink TD, Zha RHDOI: 10.1002/marc.201700834
Engineering of silk proteins for materials applications.ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology · 2019Saric M, Scheibel TDOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.05.005
Silk Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering.ReviewMacromolecular bioscience · 2021Ding Z, Cheng W, Mia MS et al.DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202100153

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Subclass of: textile
Has part: sericin
Image: Silk raw 01a.jpg

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Commons category: Silk
topic's main category: Category:Silk
fabrication method: sericulture
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different from: Silk
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