Preparation of Insect-Cuticle-Like Biomimetic Materials
- A model system of tanning of a protein matrix within a fibrous structure, such as most commonly found in insect cuticle, was developed, using the cellulose of paper in place of chitin. The paper was impregnated with a tripeptide, DOPA-Gly-Gly, or a protein (BSA) plus catechol and treated with tyrosinase to oxidize the catechol. The resulting material was waterproof and had very high wet strength. If the material was wetted and dried repeatedly its water retention decreased by a factor of at least two.
| Author details: | Merle Miessner, Martin G. Peter, Julian F. V. Vincent |
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| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2001 |
| Publication year: | 2001 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
| Source: | Biomacromolecules. - 2 (2001), 2, S. 369 - 372 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Organische Chemie und Strukturanalytik |
