• 文献标题:   Structure and interaction of silk fibroin and graphene oxide in concentrated solution under shear
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG C, SHAO HL, LUO J, HU XC, ZHANG YP
  • 作者关键词:   silk fibroin, graphene oxide, rheology, smallangle xray scattering, aggregation structure
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
  • ISSN:   0141-8130 EI 1879-0003
  • 通讯作者地址:   Donghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.10.142
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Considering the high biocompatibility of regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) and the good enhancement effect of graphene oxide (GO), various RSF/GO composite materials have been previously investigated, and found that GO plays a vital role in the fabrication of high-performance RSF/GO materials. However, its effects on the structure of RSF solution are unclear. Therefore, in this work, we studied the rheological and optical properties, as well as the aggregation behavior of concentrated RSF/GO solution in response to applied shear. The results demonstrated that the presence of GO sheets in RSF solution increased the shear resistance, while delayed the sol-gel transition. Moreover, GO sheets were not favorable to the formation of the ordered structures of RSF. The results from small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) of RSF/GO solution also showed that the shear process promoted the formation of RSF/GO interface. The data also provided insights into the structural evolution within the mixture solutions, which can be beneficial to the future design and fabrication of nanofiller-reinforced high-performance materials. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.