Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1174-1179

  Aguirre, Luis E ^a   De Oliveira, Alexandre ^a   Seč, David ^b,c   Čopar, Simon ^b   Almeida, Pedro L ^a,d   Ravnik, Miha ^b,e   Godinho, Maria Helena ^a   Žumer, Slobodan ^b,e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Adria Tehnik doo   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biofibers; Cellulose; Nematic droplets; Sensor; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; SILK; MOLECULAR PROBE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHIRALITY; FIBER; LATRODECTUS GEOMETRICUS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIDER; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR PROBE;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; MOLECULAR PROBES; SILK; SPIDERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84957310592     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1518739113     Document Type: Article

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