Spider major ampullate silk (drag line): Smart composite processing based on imperfect crystals

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Thiel, B L ^a   Viney, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

composite; fibre; inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy; molecular modelling; processing; protein; silk; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHAINS; DRAG; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AVERAGE SIZE; COMPOSITE PROCESSING; DRAG LINES; IMPERFECT CRYSTALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; MAJOR AMPULLATE SILKS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SILK; SIMPLE++; SMART COMPOSITES;

PROTEINS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; FIBER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SPIDER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARANEAE;

EID: 0030942486     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.d01-607.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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