Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer
@article{Porter2005PredictingTM, title={Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer}, author={David Porter and Fritz Vollrath and Zhengzhong Shao}, journal={The European Physical Journal E}, year={2005}, volume={16}, pages={199-206} }
Abstract.Spider silk is attractive because it is strong and tough. Moreover, an
enormous range of mechanical properties can be achieved with only small
changes in chemical structure. Our research shows that the full range of
thermo-mechanical properties of silk fibres can be predicted from mean field
theory for polymers in terms of chemical composition and the degree of order
in the polymer structure. Thus, we can demonstrate an inherent simplicity at
a macromolecular level in the design…
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