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The amphiphilic silk fibroin is a natural surfactant. It influences interface interactions and enables wetting hydrophobic surfaces with aqueous solutions. This offers a sustainable route for fabricating water-processed nanodevices without prior surface modification.

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Kim, S. Silk protein connecting water and nanofabrication. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01808-w

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Published: 25 October 2024

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