Multiscale mechanisms of nutritionally induced property variation in spider silks.

Variability in spider major ampullate (MA) silk properties at different scales has proven difficult to determine and remains an obstacle to the development of synthetic fibers mimicking MA silk performance. A multitude of techniques may be used to measure multiscale aspects of silk properties. Here...

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Main Authors: Sean J Blamires, Madeleine Nobbs, Penny J Martens, I-Min Tso, Wei-Tsung Chuang, Chung-Kai Chang, Hwo-Shuenn Sheu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5794138?pdf=render