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From Natural Silks to New Polymer Fibres

C. Viney Department of Chemistry, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
Pages 2-23 | Published online: 30 Mar 2009

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T. Lefèvre & M. Auger. (2016) Spider silk inspired materials and sustainability: perspective. Materials Technology 31:7, pages 384-399.
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Clémence Belbéoch, Joseph Lejeune, Philippe Vroman & Fabien Salaün. (2021) Silkworm and spider silk electrospinning: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters 19:2, pages 1737-1763.
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Lucie Depeigne & Emilija Zdraveva. (2021) Electrospun Biomaterials’ Applications and Processing. Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering 49, pages 91-100.
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C. Viney. 2016. Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering.
Emily J. Reed & Christopher Viney. (2014) Mechanical properties of Bombyx mori silkworm silk subjected to microwave radiation. Journal of Materials Research 29:7, pages 833-842.
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Christopher Viney. 2013. Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 5. Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 5 127 134 .
Gefei Chen, Xiangqin Liu, Yunlong Zhang, Senzhu Lin, Zijiang Yang, Jan Johansson, Anna Rising & Qing Meng. (2012) Full-Length Minor Ampullate Spidroin Gene Sequence. PLoS ONE 7:12, pages e52293.
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Zhi Lin, Weidong Huang, Jingfeng Zhang, Jing-Song Fan & Daiwen Yang. (2009) Solution structure of eggcase silk protein and its implications for silk fiber formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:22, pages 8906-8911.
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David Porter & Fritz Vollrath. (2009) Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers. Advanced Materials 21:4, pages 487-492.
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Kris Gellynck, Peter Verdonk, Ramses Forsyth, Karl Fredrik Almqvist, Els Van Nimmen, Tom Gheysens, Johan Mertens, Lieva Van Langenhove, Paul Kiekens & Gust Verbruggen. (2008) Biocompatibility and biodegradability of spider egg sac silk. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 19:8, pages 2963-2970.
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W.E. Morton & J.W.S. Hearle. 2008. Physical Properties of Textile Fibres. Physical Properties of Textile Fibres 274 321 .
John W. S. Hearle. (2007) Protein fibers: structural mechanics and future opportunities. Journal of Materials Science 42:19, pages 8010-8019.
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Eun S. Gil, David J. Frankowski, Samuel M. Hudson & Richard J. Spontak. (2007) Silk fibroin membranes from solvent-crystallized silk fibroin/gelatin blends: Effects of blend and solvent composition. Materials Science and Engineering: C 27:3, pages 426-431.
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Hong Wang, Huili Shao & Xuechao Hu. (2006) Structure of silk fibroin fibers made by an electrospinning process from a silk fibroin aqueous solution. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 101:2, pages 961-968.
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Eun S. Gil, David J. Frankowski, Michelle K. Bowman, Arif O. Gozen, Samuel M. Hudson & Richard J. Spontak. (2006) Mixed Protein Blends Composed of Gelatin and Bombyx m ori Silk Fibroin:  Effects of Solvent-Induced Crystallization and Composition . Biomacromolecules 7:3, pages 728-735.
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Hong Wang, Yaopeng Zhang, Huili Shao & Xuechao Hu. (2005) Electrospun ultra-fine silk fibroin fibers from aqueous solutions. Journal of Materials Science 40:20, pages 5359-5363.
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Joanne Ritchie, Christopher Smith, Fraser I. Bell, Iain J. McEwen & Christopher Viney. (2011) Effects of Wetting and Desiccation on the Creep Properties of Spider Dragline Silk. MRS Proceedings 844.
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Christopher Smith, Joanne Ritchie, Fraser I. Bell, Iain J. McEwen & Christopher Viney. (2003) CREEP AND LOW STRENGTH OF SPIDER DRAGLINE SUBJECTED TO CONSTANT LOADS. Journal of Arachnology 31:3, pages 421-424.
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Costas N. Karatzas, Nathalie Chretien, François Duguay, Annie Bellemare, Jiang Feng Zhou, Andrew Rodenhiser, Shafiul A. Islam, Carl Turcotte, Yue Huang & Anthoula Lazaris. 2005. Biopolymers Online. Biopolymers Online.
C. Viney. 2001. Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology. Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology 5948 5956 .

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