NYLONS FROM NATURE - SYNTHETIC ANALOGS TO SPIDER SILK

Authors
OBRIEN JP FAHNESTOCK SR TERMONIA Y GARDNER KCH
Citation
Jp. Obrien et al., NYLONS FROM NATURE - SYNTHETIC ANALOGS TO SPIDER SILK, Advanced materials, 10(15), 1998, pp. 1185
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
10
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1998)10:15<1185:NFN-SA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Review: The biosynthesis of structural materials in the form of fibers and biocomposites is unsurpassed-complex multicomponent composite str uctures can be made through seamless integration of polymer synthesis, mineralization, and self-assembly. The results of multidisciplinary r esearch to understand structure/property relationships in natural silk and to prepare synthetic analogs to spider draglines (see Figure for a schematic representation) are reviewed.