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Comparative Analysis of Structure and Properties of Stereoscopic Cocoon and Flat Cocoon by Bin Zhou; Huiling Wang; Hongtao Zhou; Ke Wang; Shudong Wang; Wenlong Zhou is a Materials Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Cocoon is a kind of natural biopolymer material with reasonable structure and various functions. However, its structure and functions are often destroyed in practical application. In this study, we took common Bombyx Mori as the research object, and provided different cocooning sites for single or multiple silkworms to construct common stereoscopic cocoons ("normal cocoons" [NC]) and flat cocoons ("single-silkworm flat cocoons" [SFC] and "multisilkworm flat cocoons" [MFC]), respectively, and compared the morphological structure and basic properties of these cocoons. The study found that the flat cocoons have similar multi-layered variable structure and characteristics compared to those of the common cocoons; also, morphological characteristics and physical and chemical properties of silk fiber from outer layer to inner layer, such as sericin content, fiber fineness, and change rule of basic mechanical properties, are completely consistent with those of the common cocoons. It can be considered that the flat cocoons are constructed by silkworms in the same "procedural" process as that of common cocoons. Due to the expansion of cocooning space, the mechanical properties of fibers are

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Author

Bin Zhou; Huiling Wang; Hongtao Zhou; Ke Wang; Shudong Wang; Wenlong Zhou

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)