# Silk-based biomaterials and applications

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/silk-based-biomaterials-and-applications-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 715,269 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the biomedical applications of silk biomaterials, particularly silk fibroin, in areas such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and understanding the mechanical properties and protein structure of silk. It also covers topics related to spider silk and regenerated silk, as well as the genome sequencing and biodegradation of silk biomaterials. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Materials Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11966 |
| Works | 41,746 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Jun Wang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jun-wang-11/)
- [Yury Gogotsi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/yury-gogotsi/)
- [Róbert Langer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/robert-langer/)
- [George M. Whitesides](https://scholariq.org/researchers/george-m-whitesides/)
- [Amirhossein Sahebkar](https://scholariq.org/researchers/amirhossein-sahebkar/)
- [Huanming Yang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/huanming-yang/)
- [Lei Jiang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/lei-jiang/)
- [Douglas Hanahan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/douglas-hanahan/)
- [Seeram Ramakrishna](https://scholariq.org/researchers/seeram-ramakrishna/)
- [Drew M. Pardoll](https://scholariq.org/researchers/drew-m-pardoll/)
- [David L. Kaplan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-l-kaplan/)
- [Jian‐Kang Zhu](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jian-kang-zhu/)

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