Table 3.

Summary of Spectral Components of the Components Used to Describe Silk Samples

	Silk solution			Silk gel			Silk scaffold
	λmax (nm)	FWHM (nm)	Contribution (%)	λmax (nm)	FWHM (nm)	Contribution (%)	λmax (nm)	FWHM (nm)	Contribution (%)
Tyrosine	305	34	32	305	34	12	305	34	1
Tryptophan 1	345	66	39	340	67	36	335	57	44
Tryptophan 2	310	37	12	310	39	23	310	42	32
Tryptophan 3	345	57	15	340	51	25	345	60	17
Crosslinks	395	82	2	390	87	4	405	108	6

FWHM, full width at half maximum.

Reproduced with permission from Georgakoudi et al.¹⁷