The Speed of Sound in Silk: Linking Material Performance to Biological Function

Forced Reeling of Bombyx mori Silk: Separating Behavior and Processing Conditions

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

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

Ballistic impact to access the high-rate behaviour of individual silk fibres

(2012) Daniel R. Drodge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load

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Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction inNephilaSpider Dragline Silk

(2011) Juan Guan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Multiresponsive polymers: nano-sized assemblies, stimuli-sensitive gels and smart surfaces

(2011) George Pasparakis et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2011) Fritz Vollrath et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

(2010) Martien A. Cohen Stuart et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

(2010) Ingi Agnarsson et al.   PLoS One