Biomimetic principles of spider silk for high-performance fibres

Biologically Inspired Textiles

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 74-94

  Holland, C ^a   Vollrath, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; FEEDSTOCKS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES; COMPATIBLE PROCESS; DRAGLINE SILK; HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROTEIN COMPOSITION; SUPERCONTRACTION;

SILK;

EID: 68349159832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695088.1.74     Document Type: Chapter

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