Related Keywords: based on silk protein, biocompatibility and biodegradability, biomedical applications, called silk fibroin, fashioned hybrid material, flexibility, potential to spawn prototype textile, smart electronic devices, soldiers and defence personnel, stretchability, Team of experts at IIT Kharagpur, unique properties of silk
A team of experts at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur has fashioned a hybrid material based on silk protein called silk fibroin due to unique properties of silk. This novel material has the potential to spawn prototype textile-based smart electronic devices for soldiers and defence personnel as well as for biomedical applications.