Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk
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 a...
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Nature Publishing Group
2005
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