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Bioinspired Materials: Controlled Fabrication and Water Collection Ability of Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks (Adv. Mater. 32/2011)
Author(s) -
Bai Hao,
Ju Jie,
Sun Ruize,
Chen Yuan,
Zheng Yongmei,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201190124
Subject(s) - materials science , spider , spider silk , biomimetic materials , nanotechnology , biomimetics , polymer science , fabrication , composite material , silk , biology , medicine , zoology , alternative medicine , pathology
Bioinspired artificial spider silks with periodic spindle‐knots can be fabricated under optimized conditions. As reported by Yongmei Zheng, Lei Jiang, and co‐workers on page 3708 , these silks are similar to natural silks in their ability to collect water from fog. Such bioinspired water collection materials may find applications in dry and fog‐laden areas, using fog as an alternative water resource.