• DOI:10.1039/B600098N
Corpus ID: 97234857

Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer.

@article{Vollrath2006SpiderSA,
  title={Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer.},
  author={F. Vollrath and D. Porter},
  journal={Soft matter},
  year={2006},
  volume={2 5},
  pages={
          377-385
        }
}

F. Vollrath, D. Porter

Published 2006

Materials Science, Medicine

Soft matter

We present an overview of the physical properties of spider silks, and introduce a model designed to study the energy absorbed by the material as it stretches before breaking. Of particular interest are the inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonds as well as the role of water in modifying the material properties of silk. A solid understanding of this interaction is of paramount importance for any deeper insights into the mechanical properties of any biomaterial. Here we note that the typical… CONTINUE READING

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