%SF	percentage fraction of silk fibroin in mixture
3D	three dimensional
A	alanine
AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
AL	alginate
ATDC-5	chondrogenic cell line
b	polymer–polymer interactions term (at finite concentration related to the Huggins coefficient); bid*m: determined according to Krigbaum and Wall; bid**m: determined according to Garcia et al.
b	viscometry experimental parameter of the mixture
bid*m	polymer–polymer interactions term determined according to Krigbaum and Wall
bid**m	polymer–polymer interactions term determined according to Garcia et al.
Coll	collagen
CTS	chitosan
D	diiodomethane
DMTA	dynamic mechanical thermal analysis
DSC	differential scanning calorimetry
EDC	N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N’-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride
Emod	Young’s modulus
Fmax	tensile strength
FTIR	Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
G	glycine
GL	glycerol
HA	hyaluronic acid
HAp	Hydroxyapatite
HFIP	hexafluoroisopropanol
hMSCs	human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
L	leucine
LB	Langmuir-Blodgett process
MaSp1	major ampullate spidroin 1
MaSp2	major ampullate spidroin 2
MG-63	human osteosarcoma cell line
NHS	(N-hydroxysuccinimide)
P	pressure
PR	proline
PAM	Polyacrylamide
PBS	Phosphate Buffered Saline
PEG	Poly(ethylene Glycol)
PLA	Polylactide
PLGA	Poly(Lactic-co-glycolic Acid)
PUR	Polyurethane
PVA	Poly(vinyl Alcohol)
PVCL	Polycaprolactone
Q	glutamine
Rq	roughness parameter
S	serine
SA	sodium alginate
SEM	Scanning Electron Microscopy
SF	silk fibroin
T	temperature
TAE	transcatheter arterial embolization
Tg	glass transition temperature
TGF-β1	transforming growth factor β1
UV	ultraviolet
V	valine
w/o	water in oil emulsion
WColl	percentage fraction of collagen in mixture
WCTS	percentage fraction of chitosan in mixture
WSF	percentage fraction of silk fibroin in mixture
Y	tyrosine
γS	surface free energy
γSP/γSD	the ratio of polar to dispersive components of surface free energy
η	intrinsic viscosity