Synthetic adhesive attachment discs inspired by spider's pyriform silk architecture

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Adhesion enhancement of electrospun nanofiber mats to polypropylene nonwoven fabric by low-temperature oxygen plasma treatment

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Cobweb-weaving spiders produce different attachment discs for locomotion and prey capture

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Electrospun Polyethylene Oxide/Cellulose Nanocrystal Composite Nanofibrous Mats with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Microstructures

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Carbon Nanotube-Based Robust Steamphobic Surfaces

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Mechanical properties of polymer nanofibers revealed by interaction with streams of air

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Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers Spun from Pyriform Spidroin 2, A Glue Silk Protein Discovered in Orb-Weaving Spider Attachment Discs†

(2010) Paul Geurts et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Pyriform Spidroin 1, a Novel Member of the Silk Gene Family That Anchors Dragline Silk Fibers in Attachment Discs of the Black Widow Spider,Latrodectus hesperus

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Pendulum-like motion of straight electrified jets

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Electrospinning jets and polymer nanofibers

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