Strong and Tough Silk for Resilient Attachment Discs: The Mechanical Properties of Piriform Silk in the Spider Cupiennius salei (Keyserling, 1877)
Spiders are able to produce different types of silk with different mechanical and biological properties. Piriform silk is produced to secure spiders and their webs to surfaces by using a nano-fibril network embedded in a cement-like matrix. Despite their fundamental role, the mechanical properties a...
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| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-06-01
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| シリーズ: | Frontiers in Materials |
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2020.00138/full |