FTIR and WAXD Study of Regenerated Silk Fibroin

Abstract:

In this study, regenerated Bombyx Mori (B. Mori ) silk fibroin from two aqueous solvents was analyzed for structural deviations. Results from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Wide angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD) implied great alteration in the secondary structure, crystallinity and molecular weight due to the regeneration process.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 677)
• Pages: 211-215
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.677.211
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Edwin Kamalha, Yuan Sheng Zheng, Yong Chun Zeng, Mutua N. Fredrick
• Keywords: Bombyx mori, FT-IR, Regeneration, Silk Fibroin (SF), Structure, WAXD

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