Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material: extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider.
<h4>Background</h4>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 sp...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010
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