The invention relates to the technical field of
biological materials, discloses a silk
fibroin composite hard material as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and aims to solve the problems that a pure silk
fibroin hard material is insufficient in
toughness and easy to break. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing degummed silk; recovering
sericin protein; dissolving degummed silk to obtain a silk
fibroin solution; adding the recycled
sericin protein into the silk fibroin solution to form a composite solution; and carrying out
dialysis,
solvent replacement and
drying on the composite solution to finally obtain the
composite material. The preparation method is characterized in that homologous
sericin and silk fibroin are compounded, and the microphase structure of the sericin and the silk fibroin is remodeled. The structural remodeling optimizes the
internal stress distribution of the material, so that the fracture strain is remarkably improved while the obtained
composite material keeps high modulus, and good balance between rigidity and
toughness is realized. The material can be further compounded with hydroxyapatite to enhance
osseointegration activity, and is suitable for manufacturing
artificial bone cartilage restoration and other medical implants and
tissue engineering scaffolds.