Publications by authors named "Takanori Higashi"
Article Synopsis
- Recombinant spider silk protein (RSP) shows potential as a sustainable biomaterial for creating high-performance materials.
- This study explored how the initial secondary structure of RSP (β-sheets, α-helices, and random coils) impacts the mechanical properties of resulting hydrogels.
- Findings indicated that gels made from α-RSP had significantly better strength and stiffness than those made from random coils, due to unique crystalline structures formed during solvent treatment.
Spider dragline silk is a biopolymer with excellent mechanical properties. The development of recombinant spider silk protein (RSP)-based materials with these properties is desirable. Formic acid (FA) is a spinning solvent for regenerated silk fiber with excellent mechanical properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA system to measure linear polarization in the HeI 2P-3D emission line (667.8 nm) was developed for application to plasma polarization spectroscopy. To verify the system performance, the normalized Stokes parameters were evaluated.
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