The invention relates to the technical field of silk
fibroin composite water absorbing materials, and discloses a high-strength
copolymer modified silk
fibroin water absorbing material and a preparation method thereof. The high-strength
copolymer modified silk
fibroin water absorbing material comprises the following formulas and raw materials: degumming silk, poly(
vinyl alcohol-N-vinyl
formamide),
chitosan, an initiator and a cross-linking agent. The poly(
vinyl alcohol-N-vinyl
formamide) grafted modified silk fibroin has a large number of hydrophilic group hydroxyl groups,
amide groups and imino groups, the
amide groups increase the repulsive force among grafted macromolecular chains, a huge three-dimensional network space is formed among the poly(
vinyl alcohol-N-vinyl
formamide), the absorption and storage of water molecules by the material are promoted, and ester groups are formed between
chitosan and carboxyl groups in the silk fibroin, so that the electronic cloud density of the silk fibroin is reduced, the
chemical stability of the silk fibroin is enhanced, the
chitosan is bonded on the surfaces of silk fibroin molecules, the tensile elasticity and the
breaking strength of thematerial are improved, and the mechanical properties of the material are enhanced.