Silk : properties, production and uses / Pornanong Aramwit, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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English.

SILK PROPERTIES, PRODUCTION AND USES; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; SILK PROPERTIES, PRODUCTION AND USES; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE EDITOR; CHAPTER 1. SILK USE BY BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. MUGA SILK: PROPERTIES, PRODUCTION AND USES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; COMPOSITION OF MUGA SILK; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MUGA SILK; MUGA SILK PRODUCTION; SEQUENCE OF MUGA SILK PREPARATION; 1. Muga Yarn Preparation; 2. Muga Silk Weaving; 3. Chemical Processing of Muga Silk; 3.1. Degumming.

A. Soap and Soda Methodb. Acid Degumming; c. Enzymatic Degumming; Degumming Loss; 3.2. Bleaching; 3.3. Dyeing; 3.4. Printing; 3.5. Finishing; 3.6. Laudering; MUGA PRODUCTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. CONSERVATION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF SPIDER SILK: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION OF SPIDERS AND THEIR SILK; CONSERVATION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF SILK GENES WITHIN THE ARANEAE; MODES OF EVOLUTION: EVIDENCE FOR DUPLICATION, RECOMBINATION AND DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; APPLICATION OF EVOLUTIONARY DATA TO BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION.

SILK APPLICATIONS FOR TEXTILE1. Modification for Silk Fiber; 2. Degumming and Dyeing; 3. Sericin Coated Fiber; 4. LbL Coated Fabric; 5. Water Repellence; 6. UV Protection; 7. Anti-Bacteria; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. FLAVONOIDS AND CAROTENOIDS IN SILKWORM COCOONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CAROTENOIDS IN SILK COCOONS; DISTRIBUTION OF CAROTENOIDS IN BOMBYX MORI; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LUTEIN-BINDING PROTEIN AND PROSTHETIC GROUP IDENTIFICATION; TRANSPORTATION OF CAROTENOIDS; GENES RELATED TO CAROTENOID TRANSPORTATION AND COMPOSITION OF CAROTENOID-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAVONOIDS IN SILK COCOONS.

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF PIGMENT FROM COCOONSCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. A NOVEL CONCEPT ON BIOENGINEERING-SILKWORM SILK FIBRE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PRODUCTION OF SILK; TYPES OF SILK; STRUCTURE OF SILK; PROPERTIES OF SILK; BIODEGRADATION OF SILK; APPLICATIONS OF SILK; SILK FIBRE COMPOSITES; APPLICATIONS OF SILK FIBRE COMPOSITES; Wound Sutures; Tissue Engineering; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. EVALUATING THE DEGRADATION OF SILK FABRICS AND SILK-BASED BIOMATERIALS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION: PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SILK TEXTILES: PATTERNS OF AGEING AND ANALYSIS; SILK COMPOSITION.

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