Supercontraction forces in spider dragline silk depend on hydration rate

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b,d   Boutry, Cecilia ^a   Wong, Shing Chung ^c   Baji, Avinash ^c   Dhinojwala, Ali ^c   Sensenig, Andrew T ^a   Blackledge, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c The University of Akron   (United States)

^d ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biomimetic fiber; Humidity; Spider silk; Supercontraction; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SILK; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; HUMIDITY; SILK; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ARANEAE;

EID: 67649482988     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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