Hierarchies in the structural organization of spider silk - A quantitative model

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-236

  Papadopoulos, Periklis ^a   Sölter, Jan ^a   Kremer, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

FTIR; Major ampullate; Supercontraction

Indexed keywords

AMPULLATE SPIDERS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; FOURIER-TRANSFORM; FTIR; HIERARCHICAL MODELS; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; MAJOR AMPULLATE; PRE STRESS; PRE-STRESSED; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SILK FIBERS; SPIDER SILKS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; SUPERCONTRACTION; TIME-RESOLVED;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SILK;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ALANINE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILK; SPIDER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CONTRACTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILK; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WETTING;

EID: 59049098396     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-008-1968-x     Document Type: Article

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