The development of a spider silk-manufacturing process is of great interest. However, there
are serious problems with natural manufacturing through spider farming, and standard …

Spider silks have unique mechanical properties but current efforts to duplicate those
properties with recombinant proteins have been unsuccessful. This study was designed to …

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 …

Spider dragline (major ampullate) silk outperforms virtually all other natural and manmade
materials in terms of tensile strength and toughness. For this reason, the mass-production of …

To advance ecological civilization, developing sustainable, eco-friendly high-strength and
ultra-tough alternatives to non-sustainable synthetic fibers, such as nylon, is crucial. This …

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 …

Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a
biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes …

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

Spider silks are characterized by remarkable diversity in their chemistry, structure and
functions, ranging from orb web construction to adhesives and cocoons. These unique …

Nature has evolved a range of materials that compete with man-made materials in physical
properties; one of these is spider silk. Silk is a fibrous material that exhibits extremely high …