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The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: We studied the mechanical properties of dragline threads of the edible golden silk spider Nephila edulis that are produced under spinning speeds ranging from 0.1 to 400 mm s(-1) and temperatures ranging from 5 to 40 degrees C. These conditions affected the silk in all of the mechanical traits we tested (strain at breaking, breaking energy, initial Young's modulus and point of yielding). We argue that both trade-offs (between mechanical properties) and constraints (in the manufacturing process) have a large role in defining spider silk fibres.

Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1590

Authors: Fritz Vollrath, Bo Madsen, Zhengzhong Shao

Institution: Aarhus University

Language: English

Topic: Silk-based biomaterials and applications

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1990320704

FWCI: 3.238

Cites: 30

Cited by: 279

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