Glass transitions in native silk fibres studied by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis

Linking naturally and unnaturally spun silks through the forced reeling of Bombyx mori

(2015) Beth Mortimer et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Analysis of the Structure of Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin by NMR

(2015) Tetsuo Asakura et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fundamental differences between glassy dynamics in two and three dimensions

(2015) Elijah Flenner et al.   Nature Communications

Origin of the variability of the mechanical properties of silk fibers: 4. Order/crystallinity along silkworm and spider fibers

(2014) Marine Wojcieszak et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Viscous Friction between Crystalline and Amorphous Phase of Dragline Silk

(2014) Sandeep P. Patil et al.   PLoS One

Understanding the variability of properties in Antheraea pernyi silk fibres

(2014) Yu Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Water dependent structural changes of silk from Bombyx mori gland to fibre as evidenced by Raman and IR spectroscopies

(2014) Aline Percot et al.   VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

Using Solvents with Different Molecular Sizes to Investigate the Structure of Antheraea Pernyi Silk

(2013) Yu Wang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Thermally Induced Changes in Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Native Silks

(2013) Juan Guan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

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

(2013) Gangqin Xu et al.   Soft Matter

Water mobility, denaturation and the glass transition in proteins

(2012) David Porter et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Structure and physical properties of silkworm cocoons

(2012) F. Chen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Silk structure studied with nuclear magnetic resonance

(2012) Tetsuo Asakura et al.   PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

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

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

(2011) Chengjie Fu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction inNephilaSpider Dragline Silk

(2011) Juan Guan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

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

(2011) Fritz Vollrath et al.   Soft Matter

Diversity of Molecular Transformations Involved in the Formation of Spider Silks

(2010) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Correlation between structural and dynamic mechanical transitions of regenerated silk fibroin

(2010) Qingqing Yuan et al.   POLYMER

Glass Transition Dynamics and Surface Layer Mobility in Unentangled Polystyrene Films

(2010) Z. Yang et al.   SCIENCE

New Opportunities for an Ancient Material

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

Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy: An Efficient Technique to Quantitatively Determine the Orientation and Conformation of Proteins in Single Silk Fibers

(2009) Maxime Boulet-Audet et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

A broad glass transition in hydrated proteins

(2009) S. Khodadadi et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Mechanical Response of Silk Crystalline Units from Force-Distribution Analysis

(2009) Senbo Xiao et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Predictive nonlinear constitutive relations in polymers through loss history

(2009) David Porter et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Moisture Effects onAntheraea pernyiSilk’s Mechanical Property

(2009) Chengjie Fu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Soft colloids make strong glasses

(2009) Johan Mattsson et al.   NATURE

The dynamical transition of proteins, concepts and misconceptions

(2008) Wolfgang Doster   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Nanomechanics of single silkworm and spider fibres: a Raman and micro-mechanicalin situstudy of the conformation change with stress

(2008) Philippe Colomban et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Structural Disorder in Silk Proteins Reveals the Emergence of Elastomericity

(2007) Cedric Dicko et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES