Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb...
Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Combining high strength and elasticity, spider silks are exceptionally tough, i.e., able to absorb massive kinetic energy before breaking. Spider silk is therefore a model polymer for development of high performance biomimetic fibers. There are over 41,000 described species of spiders, most spinning multiple types of silk. Thus we have available so...
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Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292356623
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292356623
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0011234
