Spider silk as a load bearing biomaterial: tailoring mechanical properties via structural modifications

Atomistic model of the spider silk nanostructure

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanostructure and molecular mechanics of spider dragline silk protein assemblies

(2010) S. Keten et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers

(2009) David Porter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hierarchical structures made of proteins. The complex architecture of spider webs and their constituent silk proteins

(2009) Markus Heim et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

(2009) S.-M. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Quantifying the fraction of glycine and alanine in β-sheet and helical conformations in spider dragline silk using solid-state NMR

(2008) Gregory P. Holland et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hierarchies in the structural organization of spider silk—a quantitative model

(2008) Periklis Papadopoulos et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

The role of proline in the elastic mechanism of hydrated spider silks

(2008) K. N. Savage et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The effect of proline on the network structure of major ampullate silks as inferred from their mechanical and optical properties

(2008) K. N. Savage et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Geometric Confinement Governs the Rupture Strength of H-bond Assemblies at a Critical Length Scale

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   NANO LETTERS

Strength limit of entropic elasticity in beta-sheet protein domains

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

Criticality of the Biological and Physical Stimuli Array Inducing Resident Cardiac Stem Cell Determination

(2008) Giancarlo Forte et al.   STEM CELLS

Spider silks and their applications

(2008) Jonathan A. Kluge et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Structural Disorder in Silk Proteins Reveals the Emergence of Elastomericity

(2007) Cedric Dicko et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Proline and Processing of Spider Silks

(2007) Yi Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Strain Dependent Structural Changes of Spider Dragline Silk

(2007) Anja Glišović et al.   MACROMOLECULES