Disclosed herein is a sensor attached to viscera to measure a change in length, in which the sensor includes a first layer having a first surface attached to the viscera and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a second layer having a third surface attached to the second surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface and expanded or contracted as the viscera is expanded or contracted, and a third layer having a fifth surface attached to the fourth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface and attached to a catheter, and the first layer to the third layer are a film including silk fibroin and a calcium compound.

Disclosed herein is a sensor attached to viscera to measure a change in length, in which the sensor includes a first layer having a first surface attached to the viscera and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a second layer having a third surface attached to the second surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface and expanded or contracted as the viscera is expanded or contracted, and a third layer having a fifth surface attached to the fourth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface and attached to a catheter, and the first layer to the third layer are a film including silk fibroin and a calcium compound.

The present invention relates to a binder composition comprising component A comprising polymer(s) A1 and optionally component B comprising component B1 which is selected from the group consisting of a mono-saccharide s, disaccharides, hydroxyacetone, glycolaldehyde and mixtures thereof, wherein polymer(s) A1 comprises at least 70 wt.-% poly(amino acid)s based on the total weight of the polymers) A1 and has (have) a total weight average molecular weight M.sub.w,total of 800 g/mol to 10.000 g/mol, wherein the binder composition comprises 60 to 100 wt.-% polymer(s) A1, and 0 to 40 wt.-% component B1, based on the total weight of the sum of polymer(s) A1 and component B1, wherein the weight amounts of the polymer(s) A1 and component B1 are selected such that the total weight of the sum of polymer(s) A1 and component B1 is 100 wt.-%.

A composition based on phenolic resin comprising at least one phenolic resin, a vegetable protein hydrolysate, preferentially a wheat gluten hydrolysate, and an agent for accelerating curing, and also to the process for the production thereof.

A composition based on phenolic resin comprising at least one phenolic resin, a vegetable protein hydrolysate, preferentially a wheat gluten hydrolysate, and an agent for accelerating curing, and also to the process for the production thereof.

A composition based on phenolic resin comprising at least one phenolic resin, a vegetable protein hydrolysate, preferentially a wheat gluten hydrolysate, and an agent for accelerating curing, and also to the process for the production thereof.

Utilizing Maillard reaction, soybean protein and bovine serum albumin-based adhesives are produced through a single step process by adding ascorbic acid and are capable of high strengths on both wood and aluminum substrates. The disclosed method is low cost, non-toxic, requires no prior modifications to the proteins and no additional processing prior to use.

Utilizing Maillard reaction, soybean protein and bovine serum albumin-based adhesives are produced through a single step process by adding ascorbic acid and are capable of high strengths on both wood and aluminum substrates. The disclosed method is low cost, non-toxic, requires no prior modifications to the proteins and no additional processing prior to use.

Utilizing Maillard reaction, soybean protein and bovine serum albumin-based adhesives are produced through a single step process by adding ascorbic acid and are capable of high strengths on both wood and aluminum substrates. The disclosed method is low cost, non-toxic, requires no prior modifications to the proteins and no additional processing prior to use.

Protein-based adhesives. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an elastin-like polypeptide has a sequence LDGTL-(PGX.sub.1GVPGKGVPGX.sub.2GVPGX.sub.1GVPGX.sub.3GVPGX.sub.2GV).sub.n-PVADRGMRLE, wherein each X.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of tyrosine (Y), dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), and 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine (TOPA), wherein each X.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of valine (V), Y, DOPA, and TOPA, wherein each X.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid (E) and lysine (K), and wherein n is at or between 6 and 10 or higher or lower.