Inkjet Printing of Regenerated Silk Fibroin: From Printable Forms to Printable Functions

Hu Tao; Benedetto Marelli; Miaomiao Yang; Bo An; M Serdar Onses; John A Rogers; David L Kaplan; Fiorenzo G Omenetto

doi:10.1002/adma.201501425

Inkjet Printing of Regenerated Silk Fibroin: From Printable Forms to Printable Functions

Adv Mater. 2015 Aug 5;27(29):4273-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.201501425. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

Authors

Hu Tao^{1

2}, Benedetto Marelli¹, Miaomiao Yang¹, Bo An¹, M Serdar Onses^{3

4}, John A Rogers^{3

4

5

6}, David L Kaplan^{1

7}, Fiorenzo G Omenetto^{1

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
² State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS, Shanghai, 200050, PR China.
³ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
⁴ Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
⁶ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
⁸ Department of Physics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.

PMID: 26079217
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501425

Abstract

A formulation of regenerated silk fibroin solution that can be easily functionalized and inkjet printed on numerous surfaces is developed. As an example, the inks can be printed on laboratory gloves that change color when exposed to bacteria.

Keywords: biomaterials; biopolymers; sensing; silk; tissue engineering.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacteria / drug effects
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 / metabolism
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 / pharmacology
Cell Differentiation / drug effects
Fibroins / chemistry*
Gold / chemistry
Humans
Ink*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
Myoblasts / cytology
Myoblasts / metabolism

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
BMP2 protein, human
Biocompatible Materials
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
Gold
Fibroins