Thermal analysis of spider silk inspired di-block copolymers in the glass transition region by TMDSC

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1193-1201

  Huang, Wenwen ^a   Krishnaji, Sreevidhya ^a   Kaplan, David ^b   Cebe, Peggy ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Glass transition; Heat capacity; Nephila Clavipes spider dragline silk; Temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; BIOPOLYMER FILMS; BOUND WATERS; CALCULATED VALUES; CRYSTALLINITIES; DATA BANK; HEATING CYCLES; LIQUID STATE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; POLYAMINO ACIDS; PROTEIN-BASED MATERIALS; SOLID STATE HEAT CAPACITY; SPIDER DRAGLINE SILK; SPIDER SILKS; STANDARD METHOD; TEMPERATURE MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; TRANSITION REGIONS; VIBRATIONAL MOTIONS; WATER SOLUTIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BIOMOLECULES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PLASTICIZERS; SILK; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84867403616     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2283-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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