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Production and processing of spider silk proteins

Author(s) -

Hardy John G.,

Scheibel Thomas R.

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of polymer science part a: polymer chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768

H-Index - 152

eISSN - 1099-0518

pISSN - 0887-624X

DOI - 10.1002/pola.23484

Subject(s) - spider silk , polymer science , silk , spider , biocompatible material , materials science , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , engineering , ecology , biology , biomedical engineering

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. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 3957–3963, 2009

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