The world’s first nano-fiber that effectively bonds a wide variety of biomass using adhesive muscle proteins (MAPs) has been developed by a South Korean research team.

The Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs Ministry said a Pohang University of Science and Technology research team led by Professor Cha Hyung-joon had developed multifunctional composite nanofibers, which have four times the tensile strength of conventional nano-fibers.

A wide variety of biomass, including proteins, nucleic acids, and sugars, can be easily attached to composite nano-fibers developed by the research team without the need for separate physical or chemical processing. This is expected to be used in diverse ways in tissue engineering and medical fields.