Table 3.
Electrospinning parameters for pure and hybrid fibroin mats, used in diverse applications. The fibroin is issued from silkworm’s cocoons, recombinant eADF4(C16), pNSR16, or MaSp1 and MaSp2 spider silk proteins, or natural spider silk
| Type of silk/dope | Dope concentration in fibroin (%) | Spinning solvent | Flow rate (mL/h) | Voltage (kV) | Distance (cm) | Needle (G) | Mat usage | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombyx mori fibroin | 12 | Formic acid | – | 12 | 10 | 22 | Bone regeneration | Ki et al. (2008) |
| Bombyx mori fibroin | 9 to 15 | Formic acid | – | 30 | 10 | 18 | Experimental characterization | Ayutsede et al. (2005) |
| Bombyx mori fibroin | 37 to 41 | Water | – | 18 to 35 | 18 to 30 | – | Tubular grafts | Zhou et al. (2009) |
| Bombyx mori fibroin and PEO | 12.5 | Ultra-purified water | 1.2 | 12 to 15 | 19 | – | Cell growth | Meinel et al. (2009) |
| Bombyx mori fibroin and PEO | 7.5 | Water | 1.8 | 12.5 | 21.5 | 14.5 | Bone marrow culture | Jin et al. (2004) |
| Bombyx mori fibroin, PEO and hPL | 6 | Water | 1.2 | 23 | 30 | 19 | Drug delivery | Pignatelli et al. (2018) |
| Bombyx mori fibroin, PEO and EGF | 8 | Water | 1.2 | 10 to 11 | 15 to 21 | 14.5 | Wound dressing with epidermal growth factor | Schneider et al. (2009) |
| Bombyx mori and gelatin | 13 | Formic acid | 0.03 | 16 | 13 | 23 | Experimental characterization | Mohammadzadehmoghadam and Dong (2019) |
| Bombyx mori and TiO2 | 20 to 21 | Water | 1 | 19 to 20 | 42 | – | Pesticide photocatalytic degradation | Aznar-Cervantes et al. (2020) |
| Bombyx mori and fluorescent dyes | 6 to 10 | Formic acid | 0.2 | 15 | 15 | 18 | Fluorescent textile | Pang et al. (2019) |
| A.labyrinthica spider fibroin, PDLLA | 11 | – | – | 15 to 30 | 15 | 20 | Experimental characterization | Zhou et al. (2008) |
| Recombinant spider fibroin | 3 to 5 | Tris/HCl | 0.42 | 15 | 18.5 | 18 | Experimental characterization and GFP bounding | DeSimone et al. (2020) |
| Recombinant spider fibroin | 10 to 15 | HFIP | 0.42 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 18 | ||
| Recombinant spider fibroin | 4 to 24 | HFIP | 0.42 | - | 18 | 18 to 22 | Fibroblasts culture | (Leal-Egaña et al. 2011) |
| Recombinant spider fibroin and polyvinyl alcohol | 15 | Formic acid | 3 to 7 | 80 to 100 | 18 to 22 | 20 | Wound dressing | Zhao et al. (2017) |
| Recombinant spider fibroin | 10 | HFIP | 0.315 | 22.5 | 8 to 20 | 20 | Air filtering device | Lang et al. (2013) |
| Recombinant spider fibroin and cerium oxide | – | – | 1 | 26 | 10 | 30 | Optical fluorescent mat | Kandas et al. (2018) |