Controlled supercontraction tailors the tensile behaviour of spider silk

Polymer

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3733-3736

  Perez Rigueiro J ^a   Elices, M ^a   Guinea, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Spider silk; Supercontraction; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; PROTEINS; SHRINKAGE; SPINNING (FIBERS);

SILK PROTEINS;

SILK;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; FIBER; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERICULTURE; SILK; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PROTEINS; SHRINKAGE; SILK; SPINNING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORIENTATION; PROTEIN; SPIDER SILK; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 0038699528     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(03)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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