Nylons from nature: Synthetic analogs to spider silk

Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1185-1195

  O'Brien, John P ^a   Fahnestock, Stephen R ^a   Termonia, Yves ^a   Gardner, Kenncorwin H ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NYLON POLYMERS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DRAGLINE FILAMENTS;

SILK;

EID: 0032178902     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199810)10:15<1185::AID-ADMA1185>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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