Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for
renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their …

The prominence of spider silk as a hallmark in biomimetics relies not only on its unrivalled
mechanical properties, but also on how these properties are the result of a set of original …

Dragline silk of golden orb-weaver spiders (Nephilinae) is noted for its unsurpassed
toughness, combining extraordinary extensibility and tensile strength, suggesting industrial …

Spider silks are remarkable materials characterized by superb mechanical properties such
as strength, extensibility, and lightweightedness. Yet, to date, limited models are available to …

The evolutionary diversification of orb-web weaving spiders is closely tied to the mechanical
performance of dragline silk. This proteinaceous fiber provides the primary structural …

The spider major ampullate (MA) silk exhibits high tensile strength and extensibility and is
typically a blend of MaSp1 and MaSp2 proteins with the latter comprising glycine–proline …

Peripheral nerve reconstruction through the employment of nerve guidance conduits with
Trichonephila dragline silk as a luminal filling has emerged as an outstanding preclinical …

Raman spectroscopy is used to elucidate the effect of spinning conditions upon the structure
and mechanical properties of silk spun by Nephila spiders from the major ampullate gland …

Morphological structures and extended phenotypes are made possible by materials that are
encoded by the genome. Nearly all biomaterials are viscoelastic, which means that to …

The expression of spidroins in the major ampullate, minor ampullate, flagelliform, and
tubuliform silk glands of Trichonephila clavipes spiders was analyzed using proteomics …