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 …

In the last decade and a half, advances in genetic sequencing technologies have
revolutionized systematics, transforming the field from studying morphological characters or …

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

It remains a challenge to artificially fabricate fibers with the macroscopic mechanical
properties and characteristics of spider silk. Herein, a covalently cross-linked double …

Nature provides a rich source of information for the design of novel materials; yet there
remain significant challenges in the design and manufacture of materials that replicate the …

Spider silk is a tough and versatile biological material combining high tensile strength and
extensibility through nanocomposite structure and its nonlinear elastic behaviour. Notably …

Spider silk fibers are protein materials that exhibit high strength and toughness thanks to a
unique microstructure. In this work, a microscopically motivated model that sheds light on the …

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

Arthropod silk is vital to the evolutionary success of hundreds of thousands of species. The
primary proteins in silks are often encoded by long, repetitive gene sequences. Until …

Aquatic functional liquid crystals, which are ordered molecular assemblies that work in water
environment, are described in this review. Aquatic functional liquid crystals are liquid …