Spider silks mechanics: Predicting humidity and temperature effects

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

A predictive micromechanically-based model for damage and permanent deformations in copolymer sutures

(2020) F. Trentadue et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

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

Uncovering the structure–function relationship in spider silk

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

A predictive model for the hysteretic and damage behavior of rubberlike materials

(2018) D. De Tommasi et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY

Secondary Structure Transition and Critical Stress for a Model of Spider Silk Assembly

(2016) Tristan Giesa et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Multiscale mechanics of macromolecular materials with unfolding domains

(2015) D. De Tommasi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Bioinspired Materials: from Low to High Dimensional Structure

(2014) Ning Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Characterizing the Secondary Protein Structure of Black Widow Dragline Silk Using Solid-State NMR and X-ray Diffraction

(2013) Janelle E. Jenkins et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

An energetic model for macromolecules unfolding in stretching experiments

(2013) D. De Tommasi et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Decoding the secrets of spider silk

(2011) Lukas Eisoldt et al.   Materials Today

The critical role of water in spider silk and its consequence for protein mechanics

(2011) Cameron P. Brown et al.   Nanoscale

Damage, Self-Healing, and Hysteresis in Spider Silks

(2010) D. De Tommasi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

Moisture Effects onAntheraea pernyiSilk’s Mechanical Property

(2009) Chengjie Fu et al.   MACROMOLECULES