Air Filter Devices Including Nonwoven Meshes of Electrospun Recombinant Spider Silk ProteinsGregor Lang 1, Stephan Jokisch 1, Thomas Scheibel 1
1Biomaterials Research Group, University of Bayreuth
Spider silk fibers display extraordinary mechanical properties. Engineered Araneus diadematus Fibroin 4 (eADF4) can be processed into nonwoven meshes using electrospinning. Here, the eADF4 nonwoven meshes are used to improve the performance of air filtering devices.
