Example of microprocessing in a natural polymeric fiber: Role of reeling stress in spider silk

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1931-1938

  Elices, M ^a   Guinea, G V ^a   Plaza, G R ^a   Real, J I ^a   Perez Rigueiro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPINNING (FIBERS); STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WINDING;

FORCED SILKING METHOD; MICROPROCESSING; SPIDER SILK FIBERS;

SILK;

EID: 33749134424     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0240     Document Type: Article

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