What makes spider silk fibers so strong? From molecular-crystallite network to hierarchical network structures

Rough Fibrils Provide a Toughening Mechanism in Biological Fibers

(2012) Cameron P. Brown et al.   ACS Nano

Size invariance of fibrous networks of supramolecular soft materials during formation under critical volume confinement

(2012) Bing Yuan et al.   Soft Matter

Silk Fiber Mechanics from Multiscale Force Distribution Analysis

(2011) Murat Cetinkaya et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Critical behavior of confined supramolecular soft materials on a microscopic scale

(2011) Bing Yuan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Architecture of Supramolecular Soft Functional Materials: From Understanding to Micro-/Nanoscale Engineering

(2010) Jing-Liang Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

(2010) Ning Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Producing Supramolecular Functional Materials Based on Fiber Network Reconstruction

(2009) Shaokun Tang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Unraveled mechanism in silk engineering: Fast reeling induced silk toughening

(2009) Xiang Wu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Spherulitic Networks: From Structure to Rheological Property

(2009) Jing Hua Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Organogel-Based Emulsion Systems, Micro-Structural Features and Impact on In Vitro Digestion

(2009) Nicola Duffy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY

Combined structural model of spider dragline silk

(2009) Roxana Ene et al.   Soft Matter

Silver(I)-Coordinated Organogel-Templated Fabrication of 3D Networks of Polymer Nanotubes

(2008) Kai Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Mechanical Properties of Silk: Interplay of Deformation on Macroscopic and Molecular Length Scales

(2008) Igor Krasnov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The development of microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications

(2008) Jung Kwon Oh et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Organogels and their use in drug delivery — A review

(2007) Anda Vintiloiu et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE