1. Fabrication of Natural Proteins and their Application

1) Protein Extraction and Their Properties

- Refining Hot-water Extracted Silk Sericin by Ethanol-induced Precipitation, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 48(1), 32-37 (2011)

- Effect of Lyoprotectant on the Solubility and Structure of Silk Sericin, International Journal of Industrial Entomology 25(1), 133-137 (2012)

- Extraction Conditions of Antherea mylitta Sericin with High Yields and Minimum Molecular Weight Degradation, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 52, 59-65 (2013)

- Recovery of Silk Sericin from Soap-Alkaline Degumming Solution, International Journal of Industrial Entomology 27(1), 203-208 (2013)

2) Particles (0 Dimension)

- Preparation of Silk Sericin Beads Using LiCl/DMSO Solvent and Their Potential as a Drug Carrier for Oral Administration, Fibers and Polymers 8(5), 470-476 (2007)

- Enhanced Mechanical Property of Silk Sericin Beads Prepared from Ethanol-precipitated Sericin, International Journal of Industrial Entomology 15(2), 171-174 (2007)

- Preparation of Sericin Microparticles by Electrohydrodynamic Spraying and their Application in Drug Delivery, Macromolecular Research, 19(3), 266-272 (2011)

- Chromium(VI) Adsorption Behavior of Silk Sericin Beads, International Journal of Industrial Entomology 26(1), 47-53 (2013)

- Fabrication of Porous Silk Fibroin Microparticles by Electrohydrodynamic Spraying, Polymer- Korea, in press

3) Fibers (1 Dimension)

- Preparation and Characterization of Wet Spun Silk Fibroin/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blend Filaments, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 41(2), 168-172 (2007)

- Dissolution and Wet Spinning of Silk Fibroin using Phosphoric acid/Formic acid Mixture Solvent System, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 105(3), 1605-1610 (2007)

- Preparation of PVA/Silk Sericin Blend Fiber Using LiCl/DMSO Solvent, Textile Science and Engineering 45(1), 1-5 (2008)

- Miscibility, Structural Characteristics, and Thermal Behavior of Wet Spun Regenerated Silk Fibroin/Nylon 6 Blend Filaments,Fibers and Polymers 11(1), 14-20 (2010)

- Preparation of PVA/Wheat Gliadin Blend Fiber using an Organic Solvent, Textile Science and Engineering 48(4), 252-257 (2011)

- Effect of Mercaptoethanol on the Wet Spinning of Wheat Gliadin Fiber, Textile Science and Engineering 49(3), 189-193 (2012)

- Characterization of Gelatin Nanofiber from Gelatin-formic Acid Solution, Polymer 46(14), 5094- 5102 (2005)

- Application of Electrospun Silk Fibroin Nanofibers as an Immobilization Support of Enzyme, Fibers and Polymers 6(3), 181-185 (2005)

- Fabrication of Phaeodactylum tricornutum Extract Loaded Gelatin Nanofibrous Mat Having Antimicrobial Activity, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 63, 198-204 (2014.02.01)

- Electrospinning of Methyl Cellulose (in preparation)

4) Films (2 Dimension)

- Preparation and Characterization of Silk Sericin/Glycerol/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Film, Fibers and Polymers 14(12), 2111-2116 (2013)

5) Hydrogel or Sponges (3 Dimension)

- Electrospun Three-Dimensional Silk Fibroin Nanofibrous Scaffold, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 106(6), 3922-3928 (2007)
- Preparation of Sericin Nanoparticles (in preparation)

2. Biomimetics

1) Study on the Spinning Mechanism of Silk Fiber

- Silk Sericin Retards the Crystallization of Silk Fibroin, Macromolecular Rapid Communications 25 (20), 1792-1796 (2004)

- The Effect of Residual Silk Sericin on the Structure and Mechanical Property of Regenerated Silk Filament, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 41(3), 346-353 (2007)

- The Role of Silk Sericin during the Spinning Process of Silk Fiber(I)-The Effect of Silk Sericin on the Crystallization and Gelation of Silk Fibroin-, Textile Science and Engineering 46(5), 289-294 (2009)

- Interaction of Silk Fibroin and Silk Sericin in the Silk Gland (in preparation)

2) Role of Proteins during Biomineralization

- Synthesis of Silica using Silk Sericin without Hydrolysis of Tetraethyl Orthosilicate, International Journal of Industrial Entomology 27(2), 298-302 (2013)

3. Self-assembly of Peptide Amphiphile

1) Synthesis of Peptide Amphiphile by Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

- Synthesis of Sericin-mimicking Peptide Amphiphiles (in preparation)

4. Bioconjugation

1) Enzyme Immobilization

- Immobilization of Trypsin onto Silk Fibroin Fiber via Spacer Arms, International Journal of Industrial Entomology 8(2), 195-200 (2004)

- Sericin-fixed Silk Fiber as an Immobilization Support of Enzyme, Fibers and Polymers 6(1), 1-5 (2005)

- Lipase immobilization on polysaccharide nanofibers for continuous reactor (in preparation)

2) PEGlyation

- Application of Sericin-PEG Conjugate (in preparation)