Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3957-3963 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of polymer science part a-Polymer chemistry |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| Early online date | 06 Jul 2009 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2009 |
Keywords
- bioengineering
- biomaterials
- biomimetic
- proteins
- renewable resources
- DRAGLINE SILK
- FLAGELLIFORM SILK
- EVOLUTION
- DESIGN
- FILMS
- WEB
- MICROCAPSULES
- MICROSPHERES
- BIOMATERIALS
- CONSERVATION
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Biomaterials
- Polymers and Plastics
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
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- Production and Processing of Spider Silk Proteins
Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hardy, JG & Scheibel, TR 2009, 'Production and Processing of Spider Silk Proteins' Journal of polymer science part a-Polymer chemistry, vol 47, no. 16, pp. 3957-3963., which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pola.23484/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.