Molecular order in spider major ampullate silk (dragline): effects of spinning rate and post-spin drawing

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 895-903

  Carmichael, Simon ^a   Viney, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRAWING (FORMING); OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SILK; SPINNING (FIBERS);

CRYSTALLINITY; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; POST SPIN DRAWING; THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 0032651287     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(19990516)72:7<895::AID-APP5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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