Nanoconfined crystallites toughen artificial silk

Non-invasive determination of the complete elastic moduli of spider silks

(2013) Kristie J. Koski et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Titanium dioxide nanomaterials cause endothelial cell leakiness by disrupting the homophilic interaction of VE–cadherin

(2013) M.I. Setyawati et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular mechanics of mineralized collagen fibrils in bone

(2013) Arun K. Nair et al.   Nature Communications

Significantly Reinforced Composite Fibers Electrospun from Silk Fibroin/Carbon Nanotube Aqueous Solutions

(2012) Hui Pan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Phase transition-induced elasticity of α-helical bioelastomeric fibres and networks

(2012) Ali Miserez et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The structure–property relationships of artificial silk fabricated by dry-spinning process

(2012) Mengjie Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

N-Terminal Domain of Bombyx mori Fibroin Mediates the Assembly of Silk in Response to pH Decrease

(2012) Yong-Xing He et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure and Properties of Water on the Anatase TiO2(101) Surface: From Single-Molecule Adsorption to Interface Formation

(2012) Zongyan Zhao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

(2012) Steven W. Cranford et al.   NATURE

Effect of SiO2 and nanoclay on the properties of wood polymer nanocomposite

(2012) Biplab K. Deka et al.   POLYMER BULLETIN

X-ray diffraction study of nanocrystalline and amorphous structure within major and minor ampullate dragline spider silks

(2012) Sujatha Sampath et al.   Soft Matter

Relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties in spider silk fibers: identification of two regimes in the microstructural changes

(2012) Gustavo R. Plaza et al.   Soft Matter

Evidence by infrared spectroscopy of the presence of two types of β-sheets in major ampullate spider silk and silkworm silk

(2012) François Paquet-Mercier et al.   Soft Matter

Synchrotron FTIR Microspectroscopy of Single Natural Silk Fibers

(2011) Shengjie Ling et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Comparative study of PLA nanocomposites reinforced with clay and silica nanofillers and their mixtures

(2011) Evagelia Kontou et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Studies on the post-treatment of the dry-spun fibers from regenerated silk fibroin solution: Post-treatment agent and method

(2011) Wei Wei et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Bio-inspired capillary dry spinning of regenerated silk fibroin aqueous solution

(2011) Wei Wei et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

(2010) F. G. Omenetto et al.   SCIENCE

Small angle neutron scattering of native and reconstituted silk fibroin

(2010) Imke Greving et al.   Soft Matter

Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers

(2009) David Porter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Osteoblast: Osteoclast co-cultures on silk fibroin, chitosan and PLLA films

(2009) Gemma L. Jones et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

(2009) S.-M. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

β-turn formation during the conformation transition in silk fibroin

(2009) Xin Chen et al.   Soft Matter

Role of transition metals in sclerotization of biological tissue

(2008) C.C. Broomell et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Silk Fibers Extruded Artificially from Aqueous Solutions of RegeneratedBombyx moriSilk Fibroin are Tougher than their Natural Counterparts

(2008) Guanqiang Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A microfluidic cell for studying the formation of regenerated silk by synchrotron radiation small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering

(2008) Anne Martel et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Silk Fiber Assembly Studied by Synchrotron Radiation SAXS/WAXS and Raman Spectroscopy

(2008) Anne Martel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY