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Spider silk as a model biomaterial
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Spider silk combines strength and extensibility, and a wide range of mechanical properties can be achieved with only minute (if any) changes in chemical structure. It appears that the full range of thermo-mechanical properties of such silk fibres can be predicted by examining the energy imparted during stretching with the theoretical framework provided by Mean Field Theory for Polymers. This approach attempts to integrate strain and tensile stress with a range of relevant energetic and mechan...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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European Commission
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AFOSR of the United States of America
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer-Verlag Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing Journal website
- Volume:
- 82
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 205-212
- Publication date:
- 2006-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1432-0630
- ISSN:
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0947-8396
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- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:4514
- Deposit date:
- 2010-11-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Springer-Verlag
- Copyright date:
- 2005
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. (2006). 'Spider silks as a model biomaterial', Applied Physics A 82(2), 205-212. The original publication is available at springerlink.com
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