Development of a Process for the Spinning of Synthetic Spider Silk

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 577-584

  Copeland, Cameron G ^a   Bell, Brianne E ^a   Christensen, Chad D ^a   Lewis, Randolph V ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

mechanical properties; process development; spider silk; spinning; XRD

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; METHANOL; PROTEIN; SILK; SILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE STRETCH BATH SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE STRETCH BATH SYSTEM; SPIDER; SPIDER SILK FIBER; STRETCHING; SYNTHETIC FIBER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84969262819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00092     Document Type: Article

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