(1) State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China;(2) Korea Basic Science Institute, Gwangju Center, Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea;
Abstract:
In this article, a bio-inspired silk-mediated method was established to produce natural material-modified photoluminescent
zinc oxide nanoparticles (nano-ZnO). Silk fibroin fibers were employed as the reactive substrates to synthesize nano-ZnO,
and silk fibroins (SF) were taken as the biocompatible stabilizers to modify dispersed nano-ZnO. As-prepared nano-ZnO were
mainly hexagonal phase particles with diameter around 13 nm. The resulting nano-ZnO/SF hybrids displayed orange emission and
good biocompatibility in aqueous system.