Spiders employ different combinations of silk proteins to produce up to seven types of silks
with distinct mechanical properties for various purposes, ranging from prey capture to …

Spider silk threads have exceptional mechanical properties such as toughness, elasticity
and low density, which reach maximum values compared to other fibre materials. They are …

Spider silk is the toughest fiber found in nature, and bulk production of artificial spider silk
that matches its mechanical properties remains elusive. Development of miniature spider …

Spider silk fibers have a sophisticated hierarchical structure composed of proteins with
highly repetitive sequences. Their extraordinary mechanical properties, defined by a unique …

Spider silk has been drawing much attention as a great biomaterial having many
applications in biotechnology and biomedicine owing to its several desired material …

Spider silks have been employed by man for several thousands of years. Spider silks
possess extraordinary mechanical properties due to a combination of strength and …

Despite impressive progress in the field, there are still several major bottlenecks in
producing fibers from recombinantly produced spider‐silk‐like proteins to replicate the …

Spider silks are an intriguing family of fibrous proteins due to their highly repetitive primary
sequence, their solution properties and their assembly and processing into fibers with …

Spider dragline silk is considered to be the toughest biopolymer on Earth due to an
extraordinary combination of strength and elasticity. Moreover, silks are biocompatible and …

Highlights•Spider silk has extraordinary mechanical properties (ie toughness), is
biocompatible and biodegradable.•Natural spider silk has been used as an artificial support …