Sequence-Structure-Property Relationships of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins: Integration of Biopolymer Design, Processing, and Modeling

Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

(2012) Steven W. Cranford et al.   NATURE

Tunable Silk: Using Microfluidics to Fabricate Silk Fibers with Controllable Properties

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Inducing β-Sheets Formation in Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers by Aqueous Post-Spin Stretching

(2011) Bo An et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

AFM Study of Morphology and Mechanical Properties of a Chimeric Spider Silk and Bone Sialoprotein Protein for Bone Regeneration

(2011) Sílvia Gomes et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Multi-length scale computational derivation of Kevlar® yarn-level material model

(2011) M. Grujicic et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Sequence-structure correlations in silk: Poly-Ala repeat of N. clavipes MaSp1 is naturally optimized at a critical length scale

(2011) Graham Bratzel et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Thin Film Assembly of Spider Silk-like Block Copolymers

(2011) Sreevidhya T. Krishnaji et al.   LANGMUIR

Heat Capacity of Spider Silk-Like Block Copolymers

(2011) Wenwen Huang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Atomistic model of the spider silk nanostructure

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Mechanisms of Enzymatic Degradation of Amyloid β Microfibrils Generating Nanofilaments and Nanospheres Related to Cytotoxicity

(2010) Keiji Numata et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Enhancing the Toughness of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Film through Uniaxial Extension

(2010) Jianwei Yin et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Recombinant spider silk particles as drug delivery vehicles

(2010) Andreas Lammel et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Silk hydrogel for cartilage tissue engineering

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Gene delivery mediated by recombinant silk proteins containing cationic and cell binding motifs

(2010) Keiji Numata et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

The role of salt and shear on the storage and assembly of spider silk proteins

(2010) Lukas Eisoldt et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Effect of Hydration on Silk Film Material Properties

(2010) Brian D. Lawrence et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

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

(2010) Andrea Nova et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

Native-sized recombinant spider silk protein produced in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli results in a strong fiber

(2010) X.-X. Xia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Water-insoluble silk films with silk I structure

(2009) Qiang Lu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Biocompatible Silk Printed Optical Waveguides

(2009) Sara T. Parker et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Assembly of Genetically Engineered Spider Silk Block Copolymers

(2009) Olena S. Rabotyagova et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Role of Polyalanine Domains inβ-Sheet Formation in Spider Silk Block Copolymers

(2009) Olena S. Rabotyagova et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Deformation micromechanics of spider silk

(2008) Victoria L. Brookes et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Processing methods to control silk fibroin film biomaterial features

(2008) Brian D. Lawrence et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Determining Secondary Structure in Spider Dragline Silk by Carbon−Carbon Correlation Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

(2008) Gregory P. Holland et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

(2008) S. Rammensee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA