Deformation and failure mechanisms in spider silk fibers

The Spider Silk Standardization Initiative (S3I): A powerful tool to harness biological variability and to systematize the characterization of major ampullate silk fibers spun by spiders from suburban Sydney, Australia

(2023) Sean Blamires et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Modeling and design of heterogeneous hierarchical bioinspired spider web structures using deep learning and additive manufacturing

(2023) Wei Lu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Humidity-Driven Supercontraction and Twist in Spider Silk

(2022) Noy Cohen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Exploration of the Protein Conformation and Mechanical Properties of Different Spider Silks

(2022) Min Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

Spider silks mechanics: Predicting humidity and temperature effects

(2022) Vincenzo Fazio et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

1000 spider silkomes: Linking sequences to silk physical properties

(2022) Kazuharu Arakawa et al.   Science Advances

The underlying mechanisms behind the hydration-induced and mechanical response of spider silk

(2022) Noy Cohen   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

On the Origin of Supercontraction in Spider Silk

(2021) Noy Cohen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Basic Principles in the Design of Spider Silk Fibers

(2021) José Pérez-Rigueiro et al.   MOLECULES

Microbially Synthesized Polymeric Amyloid Fiber Promotes β-Nanocrystal Formation and Displays Gigapascal Tensile Strength

(2021) Jingyao Li et al.   ACS Nano

Understanding the Dissociation of Hydrogen Bond Based Cross-Links In Hydrogels Due to Hydration and Mechanical Forces

(2021) Noy Cohen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spider Silk for Tissue Engineering Applications

(2020) Sahar Salehi et al.   MOLECULES

Molecular Mechanics of Beta-Sheets

(2020) Noy Cohen et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

A supertough electro-tendon based on spider silk composites

(2020) Liang Pan et al.   Nature Communications

Spider dragline silk as torsional actuator driven by humidity

(2019) Dabiao Liu et al.   Science Advances

Role of Skin Layers on Mechanical Properties and Supercontraction of Spider Dragline Silk Fiber

(2019) Kenjiro Yazawa et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

A microscopically motivated model for the swelling-induced drastic softening of hydrogen-bond dominated biopolymer networks

(2019) Noy Cohen et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

A generalized electro-elastic theory of polymer networks

(2018) Noy Cohen   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Uncovering the structure–function relationship in spider silk

(2018) Jeffery L. Yarger et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Recombinant Spidroins Fully Replicate Primary Mechanical Properties of Natural Spider Silk

(2018) Christopher H. Bowen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Statistical Damage Mechanics of Polymer Networks

(2018) Franck J. Vernerey et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spider silk as a blueprint for greener materials: a review

(2016) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Material properties of evolutionary diverse spider silks described by variation in a single structural parameter

(2016) Rodrigo Madurga et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural optimization of 3D-printed synthetic spider webs for high strength

(2015) Zhao Qin et al.   Nature Communications

Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

(2012) Steven W. Cranford et al.   NATURE

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

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

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

(2010) Ning Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Evolution of supercontraction in spider silk: structure-function relationship from tarantulas to orb-weavers

(2010) C. Boutry et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The hidden link between supercontraction and mechanical behavior of spider silks

(2010) Manuel Elices et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Nanostructure and molecular mechanics of spider dragline silk protein assemblies

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

Molecular and Nanostructural Mechanisms of Deformation, Strength and Toughness of Spider Silk Fibrils

(2010) Andrea Nova et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The elaborate structure of spider silk

(2010) Lin Römer et al.   Prion

Mechanical Behavior of Silk During the Evolution of Orb-Web Spinning Spiders

(2009) Manuel Elices et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

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

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

Supercontraction forces in spider dragline silk depend on hydration rate

(2009) Ingi Agnarsson et al.   ZOOLOGY

Anisotropic micro-sphere-based finite elasticity applied to blood vessel modelling

(2008) V. Alastrué et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS