A laboratory-based study examining the properties of silk fabric to evaluate its potential as a protective barrier for personal protective equipment and as a functional material for face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Adam F. Parlin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Samuel M. Stratton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Theresa M. Culley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Patrick A. Guerra

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patrick.guerra@uc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3647-6962

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