There is an urgent need to improve the sustainability of the materials we produce and use.
Here, we explore what humans can learn from nature about how to sustainably fabricate …

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 dragline silk is draw‐spun from soluble, β‐sheet‐crosslinked spidroin in aqueous
solution. This spider silk has an excellent combination of strength and toughness, which …

The axial orientation of molecular chains always results in an increase in fiber strength and
a decrease in toughness. Here, taking inspiration from the skin structure, artificial spider silk …

Spiders produce nature's toughest fiber using renewable components at ambient
temperatures and with water as solvent, making it highly interesting to replicate for the …

The tiny spider makes dragline silk fibers with unbeatable toughness, all under the most
innocuous conditions. Scientists have persistently tried to emulate its natural silk spinning …

Spider silks are well known for their extraordinary mechanical properties. This characteristic
is a result of the interplay of composition, structure and self-assembly of spider silk proteins …

Silk, especially spider and insect silk, is a highly versatile biomaterial with potential
applications in biomedicine, materials science, and biomimetic engineering. The primary …

The process of natural silk production in the spider major ampullate (Ma) gland endows
dragline silk with extraordinary mechanical properties and the potential for biomimetic …

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 …