There are many more lessons still to be learned from spider silks

Understanding the Mechanical Properties ofAntheraea PernyiSilk-From Primary Structure to Condensed Structure of the Protein

(2011) Chengjie Fu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Silk Fiber Mechanics from Multiscale Force Distribution Analysis

(2011) Murat Cetinkaya et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Bioinspired Fibers Follow the Track of Natural Spider Silk

(2011) M. Elices et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Recombinant Spider Silks—Biopolymers with Potential for Future Applications

(2011) Martin Humenik et al.   Polymers

Sterilized Recombinant Spider Silk Fibers of Low Pyrogenicity

(2010) My Hedhammar et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enhancing the Toughness of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Film through Uniaxial Extension

(2010) Jianwei Yin et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Spider silk proteins: recent advances in recombinant production, structure–function relationships and biomedical applications

(2010) Anna Rising et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

High-performance spider webs: integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour

(2010) A. M. T. Harmer et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Nanostructure and molecular mechanics of spider dragline silk protein assemblies

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

Macromol. Mater. Eng. 5/2010

(2010) Luke M. Haverhals et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Self-assembly of spider silk proteins is controlled by a pH-sensitive relay

(2010) Glareh Askarieh et al.   NATURE

A conserved spider silk domain acts as a molecular switch that controls fibre assembly

(2010) Franz Hagn et al.   NATURE

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

Concentration State Dependence of the Rheological and Structural Properties of Reconstituted Silk

(2009) Chunli Mo et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Wet-Spinning of Regenerated Silk Fiber from Aqueous Silk Fibroin Solution: Discussion of Spinning Parameters

(2009) Jiaping Yan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Animal silks: their structures, properties and artificial production

(2009) Chengjie Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

How super is supercontraction? Persistent versus cyclic responses to humidity in spider dragline silk

(2009) T. A. Blackledge et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Silks as ancient models for modern polymers

(2009) Fritz Vollrath et al.   POLYMER

Proline and Processing of Spider Silks

(2007) Yi Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The role of kinetics of water and amide bonding in protein stability

(2007) D. Porter et al.   Soft Matter