| Literature DB >> 25689835 |
Aniela Heidebrecht1, Lukas Eisoldt, Johannes Diehl, Andreas Schmidt, Martha Geffers, Gregor Lang, Thomas Scheibel.
Abstract
Using a self-assembly of recombinant spidroins, biomimetic spinning dopes are produced and wet-spun into fibers. Upon varying the molecular design of the underlying recombinant spidroins, the influence of the amino- and carboxy-terminal domains, as well as the size of the repetitive core domain on fiber mechanics, is determined. Fiber toughness upon biomimetic processing equals and even slightly exceeds that of natural ones.Entities:
Keywords: biomimetic materials; phase separation; spider silk; toughness
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25689835 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201404234
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849