Silk performance apparel and products and methods of preparing the same
First Claim
1. An article comprising a fiber or yarn having a coating, wherein the coating comprises biocompatible silk fibroin based proteins or fragments thereof having an average weight average molecular weight ranging from about 5 kDa to about 80 kDa, wherein the biocompatible silk fibroin based proteins or fragments thereof comprise a polydispersity ranging from about 1 to about 5.0, andwherein the proteins or protein fragments, prior to coating the fabric, do not spontaneously or gradually gelate and do not visibly change in color or turbidity when in an aqueous solution for at least 10 days.
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Abstract
Silk performance apparel and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments. In some embodiments, coated apparel products exhibit surprisingly improved moisture management properties and increased resistance to microbial growth.
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1. An article comprising a fiber or yarn having a coating, wherein the coating comprises biocompatible silk fibroin based proteins or fragments thereof having an average weight average molecular weight ranging from about 5 kDa to about 80 kDa, wherein the biocompatible silk fibroin based proteins or fragments thereof comprise a polydispersity ranging from about 1 to about 5.0, and
wherein the proteins or protein fragments, prior to coating the fabric, do not spontaneously or gradually gelate and do not visibly change in color or turbidity when in an aqueous solution for at least 10 days.
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31. An article comprising a fiber or yarn having a coating, wherein the coating comprises biocompatible silk fibroin based proteins or fragments thereof having an average weight average molecular weight ranging from about 5 kDa to about 10 kDa, wherein the biocompatible silk fibroin based proteins or fragments thereof comprise a polydispersity ranging from about 1 to about 5.0.
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