The effect of solvents on the contraction and mechanical properties of spider silk

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1799-1806

  Shao, Zhengzhong ^a   Vollrath, Fritz ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hard elastic biopolymer; Hydrogen bond; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SHRINKAGE; SOLVENTS;

HARD ELASTIC BIOPOLYMERS; SPIDER SILK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SILK;

BIOPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FINISHING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SILK;

EID: 0033102170     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00266-3     Document Type: Article

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