Literature DB >> 17084691

Spider silk: thousands of nano-filaments and dollops of sticky glue.

Fritz Vollrath1.   

Abstract

Some spiders use glues while others deploy strands of fine filaments for fixing flies. Recent work has provided new insights into the mechanical properties of these nano-scale ropes.

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Year:  2006        PMID: 17084691     DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.09.050

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN: 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


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Review 1.  High-performance spider webs: integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour.

Authors:  Aaron M T Harmer; Todd A Blackledge; Joshua S Madin; Marie E Herberstein
Journal:  J R Soc Interface       Date:  2010-10-29       Impact factor: 4.118

2.  Spiders spinning electrically charged nano-fibres.

Authors:  Katrin Kronenberger; Fritz Vollrath
Journal:  Biol Lett       Date:  2015-01       Impact factor: 3.703

3.  Imaging and analysis of a three-dimensional spider web architecture.

Authors:  Isabelle Su; Zhao Qin; Tomás Saraceno; Adrian Krell; Roland Mühlethaler; Ally Bisshop; Markus J Buehler
Journal:  J R Soc Interface       Date:  2018-09-19       Impact factor: 4.118

Review 4.  Structure-function-property-design interplay in biopolymers: spider silk.

Authors:  Olena Tokareva; Matthew Jacobsen; Markus Buehler; Joyce Wong; David L Kaplan
Journal:  Acta Biomater       Date:  2013-08-17       Impact factor: 8.947

5.  In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid-liquid mechanical properties.

Authors:  Hervé Elettro; Sébastien Neukirch; Fritz Vollrath; Arnaud Antkowiak
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2016-05-16       Impact factor: 11.205

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