Natural silks: archetypal supramolecular assembly of polymer fibres

Supramolecular Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Viney, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCULATIONS; ESTIMATION; FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SPINNING (FIBERS); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MAJOR AMPULLATE SILK; NATURAL SILK; POLYMER FIBERS; SPIDERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLY;

SILK;

AMPULLATE SILK; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0031082016     PISSN: 09685677     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-5677(96)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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