. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2009 Oct 27;6(4):1380–1387. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.10.041

Table 1.

The relationship between the percentage of the opened area, silk concentration and the drying time and the stability of silk films through changing the drying rate (air flow 0.20 m/s)

The percentage of the he opened (hole) area (%)	Silk Concentration
	2 wt%		4 wt%		7.6 wt%

	Drying time (day)	Stability	Drying time (day)	Stability	Drying time (day)	Stability
2.67	3	Soluble	4	Insoluble	5	Insoluble
4.00	2	Soluble	3	Insoluble	3	Insoluble
5.32	1.5	Soluble	2	Soluble	2	Insoluble
100	0.5	Soluble	0.5	Soluble	0.5	Soluble