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Review Article

The New Silk Road: Silk Fibroin Blends and Composites for Next Generation Functional and Multifunctional Materials Design

A. Reizabala BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, Leioa, Spain;b Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao, SpainView further author information
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C. M. Costac Physics Centre of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal;d Laboratory of Physics for Materials and Emergent Technologies, LapMET, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal;e Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Braga, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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L. Pérez-Álvareza BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, Leioa, Spain;b Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao, SpainView further author information
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J. L. Vilas-Vilelaa BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, Leioa, Spain;b Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao, SpainView further author information
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S. Lanceros-Méndeza BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, Leioa, Spain;f Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, SpainView further author information
Pages 1014-1077 | Received 18 Jul 2022, Accepted 13 Aug 2023, Published online: 28 Aug 2023

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