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Industrial development with silkworm and spider silk
Man-made bio-based fibre products
- Introduction to man-made bio-based fibre products
- Man-made bio-based fibre products and their end-uses
- Textile fibres, processing and end-uses
- Key aspects of the down-stream conversion processes
- Production of bio-based fibres
- Dissolving pulp as a raw material
- Cellulose esters of organic acids
- Production of viscose fibres
- General description of carbamate processes
- Production of lyocell fibres
- Production of Cupro fibres
- Carbon fibres from regenerated cellulose
- Production of Alginate fibres
- Viscose and lyocell machinery developments
- Processing of silkworm and spider silk protein fibres
- Polylactide fibres
- Polyhydroxyalcohols PHA and poly(caprolactone)
- Scientific principles of polymer fibre forming
- Alternative and emerging processes for bio-based synthetic fibers
- Ionic liquid as direct solvents: Ioncell-F method
- Enzymatic activation of cellulose – Biocelsol method
- Cellulose carbamate process
- Direct spinning of cellulose composite fibre yarn
- Cellulose-lignin blend as carbon fibre raw material
- Bio-based polyolefines — emerging processes
- Bio-based polyesters — emerging processes
- Polyamides from ligno-cellulosics as raw materials
- Industrial development with silkworm and spider silk
Authors & references
Author
Professor Emeritus, Pertti Nousiainen, Tampere University
References
- Us Pat 2019185528 (A1), Transgenic Silkworms Capable Of Producing Chimeric Spider Silk Polypeptides And Fibers, Fraser Malcolm James, Lewis Randolph, Jarvis Donald, Thompson Kimberly, Hull Joseph, Miao Yun-Gen, Teule Florence, Sohn Bong-Hee and Kim Young-Soo, 2019-06-20
- Fritz Vollrath & David P. Knight, Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk, Nature volume 410, p.p. 541–548, 29 March 2001
- Vollrath F. W. L. and Knight D. P., US Pat. 6858168 (B1), Apparatus and method for forming materials, 2005, SpinTech Engineering GmbH
- US Patent 7,041,797 B2, Precursor silk feedstock for forming filaments, Fritz Vollrath, Berkley, SpinTech Engineering GmbH, Fellbach (DE)
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