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Numerical summary of swelling and antibody recovery from variable silk density lyogels
| Sample | Silk density (mg (cm3)−1) |
Swelling ratio | Antibody recovery (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% silk | 51.6 (±2.6) | 16.0 (±0.6) | 81.3 (±7.7) |
| 4.3% silk | 56.4 (±2.7) | 13.8 (±1.6) | 74.2 (±2.3) |
| 5.5% silk | 63.3 (±1.8) | 9.1 (±0.9) | 52.2 (±3.5) |
| 6.7% silk | 80.4 (±5.1) | 6.7 (±0.3) | 36.0 (±2.0) |
| Not pressed | 44.9 (±3.7) | 14.5 (±1.0) | 69.8 (±7.2) |
| 1500 psi | 1045.3 (±36.8) | 0.6 (±0.01) | 15.6 (±1.6) |
| 2500 psi | 1320.5 (±40.5) | 0.5 (±0.08) | 3.0 (±0.6) |
