Abstract
AbstractDegummed Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin (APSF) fibers were dissolved in a lithium thiocyanate solution that was dialyzed against distilled water for 3 days. Solution‐cast APSF films were dissolved in hexafluoroisopropanol to prepare a spinning solution. Wet spinning was employed to prepare APSF filaments. Scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, solid‐state 13C cross‐polarization/magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance, and differential scanning calorimetry were employed to study the regenerated APSF filaments. The results showed a uniform distribution of molecular weights, and the largest one may have been greater than 200 kDa. The regenerated filaments contained β‐sheet, α‐helix, and random‐coil conformations, and their breaking strength was 52.20% of the breaking strength of the native fibers. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009
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