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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicants:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Markus J. Buehler, Boxford, MA (US);
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Shengjie Ling, Allston, MA (US);
Kai Jin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignees:
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE, Medford, MA (US);
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/435 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01); B01D 61/14 (2006.01); B01D 71/74 (2006.01); D01B 7/00 (2006.01); D01C 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/43586 (2013.01); B01D 61/145 (2013.01); B01D 71/74 (2013.01); C12N 5/0656 (2013.01); D01B 7/00 (2013.01); D01C 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention, in some aspects, provides compositions including a solution comprising a plurality of exfoliated silk microfibrils and/or exfoliated silk nanofibrils, wherein the micro- or nano-fibrils are characterized as having a substantially nematic structure, as well as methods for making and using the same.