Spider silk softening by water uptake: An AFM study

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Schäfer, Arne ^a   Vehoff, Thorsten ^a   Glišović, Anja ^a   Salditt, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Dragline; Force strain curves; Spider silk; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; FIBER; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; SILK; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER TRANSPORT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; FIBROINS; HUMIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA;

EID: 38149086822     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0216-5     Document Type: Article

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