Evidence of the Most Stretchable Egg Sac Silk Stalk, of the European Spider of the Year Meta menardi

Evidence of the Most Stretchable Egg Sac Silk Stalk, of the European Spider of the Year Meta menardi

Spider silks display generally strong mechanical properties, even if differences between species and within the same species can be observed. While many different types of silks have been tested, the mechanical properties of stalks of silk taken from the egg sac of the cave spider Meta menardi have...

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Main Authors: Lepore, Emiliano, Marchioro, Andrea, Isaia, Marco, Pugno, Nicola M., Buehler, Markus J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71228
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71228
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659

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