Mechanical features of various silkworm crystalline considering hydration effect via molecular dynamics simulations.

Abstract:

:Silk materials are receiving significant attention as base materials for various functional nanomaterials and nanodevices, due to its exceptionally high mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and degradable characteristics. Although crystalline silk regions are composed of various repetitive motifs with differing amino acid sequences, how the effect of humidity works differently on each of the motifs and their structural characteristics remains unclear. We report molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on various silkworm fibroins composed of major motifs (i.e. (GAGAGS)n, (GAGAGA)n, and (GAGAGY)n) at varying degrees of hydration, and reveal how each major motifs of silk fibroins change at each degrees of hydration using MD simulations and their structural properties in mechanical perspective via steered molecular dynamics simulations. Our results explain what effects humidity can have on nanoscale materials and devices consisting of crystalline silk materials.

journal_name

J Biomol Struct Dyn

authors

Kim Y,Lee M,Choi H,Baek I,Kim JI,Na S

doi

10.1080/07391102.2017.1323015

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1360-1368

issue

5

eissn

0739-1102

issn

1538-0254

journal_volume

36

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