Optical birefringence measurements are used to characterize how the molecular order of spider (Nephila clavipes) major ampullate silk is affected by linear spinning rate, by the extent of post-spin drawing, and by post-spin drawing rate. Results are interpreted qualitatively in terms of a simple mic
Molecular orientation of spider silks in the natural and supercontracted states
β Scribed by Fornes, R. E. ;Work, R. W. ;Morosoff, N.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 566 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1273
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