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Get Free AccessSilk is a promising material for biomedical applications, and much research is focused on how application-specific, mechanical properties of silk can be designed synthetically through proper amino acid sequences and processing parameters. This protocol describes an iterative process between research disciplines that combines simulation, genetic synthesis, and fiber analysis to better design silk fibers with specific mechanical properties. Computational methods are used to assess the protein polymer structure as it forms an interconnected fiber network through shearing and how this process affects fiber mechanical properties. Model outcomes are validated experimentally with the genetic design of protein polymers that match the simulation structures, fiber fabrication from these polymers, and mechanical testing of these fibers. Through iterative feedback between computation, genetic synthesis, and fiber mechanical testing, this protocol will enable a priori prediction capability of recombinant material mechanical properties via insights from the resulting molecular architecture of the fiber network based entirely on the initial protein monomer composition. This style of protocol may be applied to other fields where a research team seeks to design a biomaterial with biomedical application-specific properties. This protocol highlights when and how the three research groups (simulation, synthesis, and engineering) should be interacting to arrive at the most effective method for predictive design of their material.
Nae‐Gyune Rim, Erin G. Roberts, Davoud Ebrahimi, Nina Dinjaski, Matthew M. Jacobsen, Zaira Martín‐Moldes, Markus J. Buehler, David Kaplan, Joyce Wong (2017). Predicting Silk Fiber Mechanical Properties through Multiscale Simulation and Protein Design. , 3(8), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00292.
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00292
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