Tensile behavior and morphology of differently degummed silkworm (Bombyx mori) cocoon silk fibres

By Ping Jiang, Huifen Liu, Chan-hong Wang, Lin-cai Wu, Jianguo Huang, Cong Guo. 2006

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Natural fibre-reinforced composites for bioengineering and environmental engineering (2009, background): “Fibroin is a semi-crystalline polymer of natural fibrous protein mainly consists of two phases [12]: namely b–sheet crystals and non-crystalline including micro-voids and amorphous structure, by which the structure of sericin coating is amorphous acting as an adhesive binder to maintain the fibroin ”
Critical factors on manufacturing processes of natural fibre composites (2012, background): “The core fibres are encased in a sericin coat, a family of glue-like proteins that hold two fibroin fibres together to form the composite fibres of the cocoon case [22].”
Can silk become an effective reinforcing fibre? A property comparison with flax and glass reinforced composites (2014, background): “natural sericin coating was present) while fibres in the commercial woven fabric were degummed (for improved dyeability), and degumming processes have notable detrimental effects on the tensile properties of the silk fibres [11, 44-48].”