Minoura N, Tsukada M, Nagura M. Physico-chemical properties of silk fibroin membrane as a biomaterial.
Biomaterials 1990;
11:430-4. [PMID:
2207234 DOI:
10.1016/0142-9612(90)90100-5]
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Abstract
A water-insoluble silk fibroin membrane was prepared by immersing a silk fibroin membrane as cast in 50 vol% aqueous methanol solution for different periods of time at 25 degrees C. To use the membrane as a biomaterial, oxygen and water vapour permeability, transparency, mechanical property and enzymatic degradation behaviour in vitro of the membrane in the wet state were investigated. These physico-chemical properties changed according to the condition of the methanol treatment. The membrane had oxygen permeability, water vapour permeability, transparency and biodegradability.
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