Self-recovering caddisfly silk: energy dissipating, Ca2+-dependent, double dynamic network fibers

Peroxinectin catalyzed dityrosine crosslinking in the adhesive underwater silk of a casemaker caddisfly larvae, Hysperophylax occidentalis

(2014) Ching-Shuen Wang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

β-Sheet Nanocrystalline Domains Formed from Phosphorylated Serine-Rich Motifs in Caddisfly Larval Silk: A Solid State NMR and XRD Study

(2013) J. Bennett Addison et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Self-Tensioning Aquatic Caddisfly Silk: Ca2+-Dependent Structure, Strength, and Load Cycle Hysteresis

(2013) Nicholas N. Ashton et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Self-Repair of a Biological Fiber Guided by an Ordered Elastic Framework

(2013) Stefanie Krauss et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Time Dependence of Dissipative and Recovery Processes in Nanohybrid Hydrogels

(2013) Séverine Rose et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

(2013) Tao Lin Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Thermodynamic modeling of a phase transformation in protein filaments with mechanical function

(2013) F D Fischer et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Silk tape nanostructure and silk gland anatomy of trichoptera

(2011) Nicholas N. Ashton et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Lamellar Bilayers as Reversible Sacrificial Bonds To Toughen Hydrogel: Hysteresis, Self-Recovery, Fatigue Resistance, and Crack Blunting

(2011) M. Anamul Haque et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

(2010) Ning Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Adaptation of Caddisfly Larval Silks to Aquatic Habitats by Phosphorylation of H-Fibroin Serines

(2010) Russell J. Stewart et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Ionically Cross-Linked Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels with High Strength

(2010) Kevin J. Henderson et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymeric fibers with tunable properties: Lessons from spider silk

(2010) M. Elices et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Conservation of Silk Genes in Trichoptera and Lepidoptera

(2009) Naoyuki Yonemura et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Collagen insulated from tensile damage by domains that unfold reversibly: In situ X-ray investigation of mechanical yield and damage repair in the mussel byssus

(2009) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Elasticity of Spider Silks

(2008) Yi Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Progress in the development of interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels

(2008) David Myung et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES