Products of caddis-fly larvae (Trichoptera) silk glands as a new natural textile fibre

Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Michalak, Marina ^a   Tszydel, Mariusz ^b   Bilska, Jadwiga ^a   Krucińska, Izabella ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Caddis flies; Hydropsyche pellucidula; Morphological properties; Natural silk fibers; Silk gland; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

SILK;

CADDI-FLY; FLY LARVAE; HYDROPSYCHE PELLUCIDULA; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL SILK; NATURAL SILK FIBER; NATURAL TEXTILE FIBERS; SILK FIBRES; SILK GLAND; TRICHOPTERA;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SILK FIBER; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 33644538298     PISSN: 12303666     EISSN: 23007354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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