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- Title
Enzymatic degradability and release properties of graphene oxide/silk fibroin nanocomposite films.
- Authors
Xu, Xiafan; Ren, Zilong; Zhang, Meiqi; Ma, Lin
- Abstract
The structure evolution of silk fibroin (SF) in the nanocomposite films with graphene oxide (GO) was investigated and related to the enzymatic degradability and release property. The interaction with GO was found to induce conformation transition of SF from random coil to β‐sheet. However, the surface binding constrained the rearrangement of the silk chains, leading to a decrease of β‐sheet when GO content was more than 1.0%. The crystal structure of SF played a key role in the degradation of GO/SF composites. The preferential degradation of the hydrophilic blocks resulted in a faster degradation of SF films with higher β‐sheet content. The addition of GO to SF matrix led to a slower release and a reduction of the burst release of RhB, the model compound. The release profile was well fitted to the Rigter–Peppas equation, from which the characteristic constant decreased and the diffusional exponent increased with increasing GO content but quickly leveled off when GO content was more than 1.0%. Degradation of the composites had little influence on the characteristic constant of RhB release, however, led to an increased diffusional exponent, which was more evident for the composites with higher β‐sheet content.
- Subjects
GRAPHENE oxide; SILK fibroin; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; OXIDE coating; CRYSTAL structure
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2021, Vol 138, Issue 40, p1
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.51173