Nonlinear control of high-frequency phonons in spider silk

A new class of tunable hypersonic phononic crystals based on polymer-tethered colloids

(2015) E. Alonso-Redondo et al.   Nature Communications

Photonic crystals cause active colour change in chameleons

(2015) Jérémie Teyssier et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2014) Beth Mortimer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

Defect-Controlled Hypersound Propagation in Hybrid Superlattices

(2013) Dirk Schneider et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

(2012) Steven W. Cranford et al.   NATURE

Wave propagation control at the deep subwavelength scale in metamaterials

(2012) Fabrice Lemoult et al.   Nature Physics

Derivation of Mindlin’s first and second strain gradient elastic theory via simple lattice and continuum models

(2011) D. Polyzos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Supercontraction in Nephila spider dragline silk – Relaxation into equilibrium state

(2011) Roxana Ene et al.   POLYMER

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

(2010) Sinan Keten 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

Out-of-Plane Longitudinal Elastic Modulus of Supported Polymer Thin Films

(2009) N. Gomopoulos et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

(2009) S.-M. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Conformational and Orientational Transformation of Silk Proteins in the Major Ampullate Gland of Nephila clavipes Spiders

(2008) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Simultaneous Occurrence of Structure-Directed and Particle-Resonance-Induced Phononic Gaps in Colloidal Films

(2008) T. Still et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Strain Dependent Structural Changes of Spider Dragline Silk

(2007) Anja Glišović et al.   MACROMOLECULES