Silk is very well known in the textile industry for its lustre and mechanical properties. It is produced by cultured silkworms and is a fibrous protein synthesized in specialized epithelial cells that line glands in the class of Arachnida and in several worms of the Lepidoptera larvae such as silkworms, spiders, scorpions, mites and flies [1].
Silk fibroin polymers contain protein series and are responsible for cocoon and web formation, nest building, etc