Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 105-+Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103664
Keywords
polymer fibers; silk; polarized-light imaging; shear-induced crystallization; rheology
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- US Air Force Office of Scientific Research [F49620-03-1-0111]
- European Research Council [SP2-GA-2008-233409]
- Magdalen College and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/E012949/1, EP/E046215/1]
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It is shown that the work required to produce natural silk fibers is at least ten times less than a classic synthetic polymer, yet still nature produces a fiber with superior mechanical properties. The concept of polymer crystallization is ( re) defined and silks are classed as a new nanocomposite state of biological matter called aquamelts.
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