T. Scheibel: Fibers and non-woven meshes based on hybrids made of spider silk and magnetic nanoparticles for bio-inspired shaping and filtering systems
Description
The main objective of this project is to establish the technological and scientific basis for novel bio-inspired shaping systems based on hybrids made of magnetic nanoparticles and spider silk fibers. The employed structural building blocks of the novel shaping systems encompass engineered and recombinantly pro-duced spider silk proteins, which can be covalently cross-linked with magnetic nanoparticles using site-specific chemistry. Based on the behavior of the underlying spider silk proteins, hierarchical assembling into nano-, micro- and macroscopic fibrillar structures can be obtained in a controllable manner. Magnetically respon-sive spider silk fibers and fiber meshes will be deformed under different magnetic field conditions, and analyzed based on this deformation behavior. Characterized meshes will then be evaluat-ed according to their applicability e. g. as filtering systems.
Scanning electron micrograph of magnetic particles in an electrospun fiber.
Project Manager
Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel, Universität Bayreuth
Staff
Carolin Grill, Universität Bayreuth
Grant period
2013 -
Publications
[1] G. Lang, S. Jokisch, T. Scheibel, J. Vis. Exp., 2013, 75, e50492
[2] A. Leal-Egana, G. Lang, C. Mauerer, et al. Adv. Biomater., 2012, 14, B67
[3] M. Humenik, T. Scheibel ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 1342
[4] A. Heidebrecht, L. Eisoldt, J. Diehl, et al. Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 2189
Contact
Universität Bayreuth
Lehrstuhl für Biomaterialien
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften
Gebäude FAN-D, Universität Bayreuth
Universitätsstraße 30
95440 Bayreuth