A new silk: Mechanical, compositional, and morphological characterization of leafhopper (Kahaono montana) silk

Polymer

Volumn 46, Issue 19 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 7909-7917

  Chang, Jung C ^a   Fletcher, Murray J ^b   Gurr, Geoff M ^c   Kent, Deborah S ^d   Gilbert, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid analysis; Biopolymer; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHARACTERIZATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PH EFFECTS; PLASMA ETCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY;

BOMBYX MORI; ION PLASMA ETCHING; LEAFHOPPERS; SILKWORMS;

SILK;

AMINO ACIDS; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PLASMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SOLUBILITY;

BIOPOLYMER; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILK;

EID: 23944520349     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.06.077     Document Type: Article

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