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. 2020 Apr 21;10(27):15913–15923. doi: 10.1039/d0ra02634d

The detail of various monohydric alcohols used to induce the physical crosslinking in silk fibroin solution.

Sample name Alcohol solution Number of carbon chain Ratio of alcohol polarity Polarity (ENT)
F
FM Methanol 1 1.00 (1 : 1) 0.762 (ref. 9)
FE Ethanol 2 0.50 (1 : 2) 0.654 (ref. 9)
FP n-Propanol 3 0.33 (1 : 3) 0.617 (ref. 9)
FB n-Butanol 4 0.25 (1 : 4) 0.586 (ref. 9)