Study of the structure of degummed Antheraea assamensis (muga) silk fibre

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 527-533

  Devi, Dipali ^a   Sarma, Neelotpal Sen ^a   Talukdar, Bijit ^a   Chetri, Prafulla ^a   Baruah, K C ^a   Dass, Narendra N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antheraea assamensis; Silk structure; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STATE; ANTHERAEA ASSAMENSIS; CELL EDGES; CRYSTALLINITIES; LATTICE NUMBERS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CHAINS; SCREW AXIS; SILK FIBRES; SILK STRUCTURE; SPACE GROUPS; TETRAHEDRAL CELLS;

BIOMECHANICS; DIFFRACTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS; SILK; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBERS;

EID: 79957553175     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2010.498172     Document Type: Article

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