Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Literature review › peer-review
<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 15/08/2009 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
Issue number | 16 |
Volume | 47 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 3957-3963 |
Publication Status | Published |
Early online date | 6/07/09 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Natural spider silk fibers have impressive mechanical properties (outperforming many man-made fibers) and are, moreover, biocompatible, biodegradable, and produced under benign conditions (using water as a solvent at ambient temperature). The problems associated with harvesting natural spider silks inspired us to devise a method to produce spider silk-like proteins biotechnologically (the first subject tackled in this highlight); we subsequently discuss their processing into various materials morphologies, and some potential technical and biomedical applications.