Effects of different post-spin stretching conditions on the mechanical properties of synthetic spider silk fibers

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 225-234

  Albertson, Amy E ^a   Teulé, Florence ^a   Weber, Warner ^b   Yarger, Jeffery L ^b   Lewis, Randolph V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wyoming Casper College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Argiope aurantia; Dragline; Mechanical properties; Post spinning; Synthetic spider silk fibers

Indexed keywords

ARGIOPE AURANTIA; DRAGLINE; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; POST SPINNINGS; PROLINE-RICH PROTEINS; RECENT RESEARCHES; SPIDER SILK FIBERS; STRETCHED FIBERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; METHANOL; SILK; SPIDER SILK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGIOPE AURANTIA; ARTICLE; FIBER; MECHANICS; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS; SILK; SPINNING; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARGIOPE AURANTIA; DRAGLINE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POST-SPINNING; SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK FIBERS;

2-PROPANOL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHANOL; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SILK; SPIDERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885086251     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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