Title:Utilization of Bioactive Silk Protein in the Development of Optical Devices:
Recent Advancements and Applications
Volume: 24
Issue: 5
Author(s): Rishav Sharma and Rishabha Malviya*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh,
India
Keywords:
Silk, biopolymer, silk fibroin, drug delivery, lithography, polydimethylsiloxane, biodegradability.
Abstract: Typically, materials used to create optical devices have chemical and physical properties
that have been precisely designed for a narrowly defined purpose, allowing for changes in design to
account for device variability. There is a growing need for devices built of materials with changeable
optical responses, as optical systems are incorporated into platforms with much functionality. Regenerated
silk fibroin is described in this article as an enabling gadget with an active optical response as a
result of the inherent characteristics of proteins. Silk's capacity for controlled movement, to swell and
shrink reversibly, alter conformation and degradation that is customizable, impacts both the shape and
the response of the optical structure-representative silk-based gadgets. The diversity of silk material is
shown and discussed in this paper, concentrating on architectures that show reconfigurable behavior,
an optical waveguide that is physically temporary and provides reversible responses. Finally, innovative
research directions for silk-based materials and optical devices are presented in this paper. Since
ancient times, silk, a natural biopolymer, has been used as a repair material in medicine. In the past 20
years, it has attracted a lot of interest to be used in several biomedical applications. Various healthcare
items with silk as their substrate have been developed thanks to significant advancements in silk biomaterial
research. Silk is a fabric created from spider and silkworm cocoons. Hierarchical structures
and conventional structural elements are present in them. Different silk types can be produced using
certain methods, such as films, fibers, microspheres, sponges, and hydrogels. The structural characteristics
of secondary proteins present in silk can also be modified. This paper investigates the use of silk
in biomedical and optical applications, and examines the technical trend in electronic fields.
