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Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk
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Typical spider dragline silk tends to outperform other natural fibres and most man-made filaments. However, even small changes in spinning conditions can have large effects on the mechanical properties of a silk fibre as well as on its water uptake. Absorbed water leads to significant shrinkage in an unrestrained dragline fibre and reversibly converts the material into a rubber. This process is known as supercontraction and may be a functional adaptation for the silk's role in the spider's we...
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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Science and Technology Development Foundation of Shanghai
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AFSOR of the United States of America
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- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Materials Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 901-905
- Publication date:
- 2005-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-4660
- ISSN:
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1476-1122
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- English
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- ora:4226
- Deposit date:
- 2010-10-08
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- Copyright date:
- 2005
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