TY - JOUR
T1 - Protein-based composite materials
AU - Hu, Xiao
AU - Cebe, Peggy
AU - Weiss, Anthony S.
AU - Omenetto, Fiorenzo
AU - Kaplan, David L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the NIH P41 Tissue Engineering Resource Center (P41 EB002520) , the NSF, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Australian Research Council and Defense Health Foundation for support of this research.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Protein-based composite biomaterials have been actively pursued as they can encompass a range of physical properties to accommodate a broader spectrum of functional requirements, such as elasticity to support diverse tissues. By optimizing molecular interfaces between structural proteins, useful composite materials can be fabricated as films, gels, particles, and fibers, as well as for electrical and optical devices. Such systems provide analogies to more traditional synthetic polymers yet with expanded utility due to the material's tunability, mechanical properties, degradability, biocompatibility, and functionalization, such as for drug delivery, biosensors, and tissue regeneration.
AB - Protein-based composite biomaterials have been actively pursued as they can encompass a range of physical properties to accommodate a broader spectrum of functional requirements, such as elasticity to support diverse tissues. By optimizing molecular interfaces between structural proteins, useful composite materials can be fabricated as films, gels, particles, and fibers, as well as for electrical and optical devices. Such systems provide analogies to more traditional synthetic polymers yet with expanded utility due to the material's tunability, mechanical properties, degradability, biocompatibility, and functionalization, such as for drug delivery, biosensors, and tissue regeneration.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861709532&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84861709532&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1369-7021(12)70091-3
DO - 10.1016/S1369-7021(12)70091-3
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84861709532
SN - 1369-7021
VL - 15
SP - 208
EP - 215
JO - Materials Today
JF - Materials Today
IS - 5
ER -