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Freestanding protein films are interesting for many applications ranging from microencapsulation to tissue engineering. Here, the authors use interfacial rheology to characterize the adsorption kinetics and the rheology of spider-silk films formed at an oil water interface. The high surface activity of the engineered spider-silk proteins results in a fast formation of highly stable films, which can be modified by the addition of phosphate ions to the solution.
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Vézy, C., Hermanson, K.D., Scheibel, T. et al. Interfacial rheological properties of recombinant spider-silk proteins. Biointerphases 4, 43–46 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3174930
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