Silk produced by hornets: Thermophotovoltaic properties - A review

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Kirshboim, Shira ^a   Ishay, Jacob S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curie temperature; Ferroelectric materials; Hornet; Organic semiconductors; Pupal silk; Thermophotovoltaic properties

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FIBER; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SILK; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0033829597     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00237-3     Document Type: Article

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