Heterogeneous morphology of Nephila edulis spider silk and its significance for mechanical properties

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4709-4711

  Shao, Z ^a   Hu, X W ^a   Frische, S ^a   Vollrath, F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Fibrous protein; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEINS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHNESS;

DRAGLINE SILK;

SILK;

SILK;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SILK;

EID: 0032797104     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00072-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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