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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Struct Biol. 2009 Dec 21;170(2):406–412. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.012

Table 1.

Comparison of the structure and mechanical properties of e-gels with those of other silk hydrogel systems

Raman peak positions (cm−1) Rheology Adhesion
Amide I Amide III Other G' (Pa) (ω=1 rad/s) Strain stiffening WOA (mJ)
e-gel 1600–1700 (broad, random) ~1250 (broad, random) ~1100 (random, turns) ~ 300 Y [2] ~ 1
pH-gel 1600–1700 (broad, random) ~1250 (broad, random) ~1100 (random, turns) 5–20 Y [2] 0.05 – 4
s-gel 1662 (β, random) 1228 (β) 1081 (β) ~ 100,000 N ~ 0
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