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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 16 MIN

Ep 14 - Flexible Futures: Reinventing Silk for Bio and Tech

from The Deep Dive Lab: Unraveling Materials Science · host Son Hoang

How did silk go from ancient thread to a material with applications in neural interfaces and photonic devices? We explore the molecular tricks—crosslinking, plasticization, and more—that are opening new frontiers for silk fibroin in science and technology.Feature paper :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2023.03.027

How did silk go from ancient thread to a material with applications in neural interfaces and photonic devices? We explore the molecular tricks—crosslinking, plasticization, and more—that are opening new frontiers for silk fibroin in science and technology.Feature paper :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2023.03.027

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