Silk Polymers Materials Science and Biotechnology

by Kaplan, David; Adams, W. Wade; Farmer, Barry; Viney, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780841227439
• ISBN10: 0841227438
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-05-05
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Characterizes the mechanical and molecular structure of silks with an emphasis on development and application of high-performance and composite materials. Discusses the synthesis of native and synthetic silks and silk-like materials, with particular focus on genetic encoding and engineering. Examines the structure-property relationship of silks and silk-like materials. Serves as an aid in the design of polymers targeted for specific functions.

Table of Contents

Silk: Biology, Structure, Properties, and Genetics

General Properties of Some Spider Silks

Silk Glands of Araneid Spiders: Selected Morphological and Physiological Aspects

Molecular Map for the Silkworm: Constructing New Links between Basic and Applied Research

Importance of Unique Silk Proteins to the Ecological and Evolutionary Diversity of Araneid Spiders

Initial Characterization of Nephila clavipes Dragline Protein

Silk and Silk Proteins from Two Aquatic Insects

Synthetic and Recombinant Domains from a Midge's Giant Silk Protein: Role for Disulfide Bonds

In Vivo Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Alanylglycine-Rich Artificial Proteins

Design, Synthesis, and Fabrication of a Novel Self-Assembling Fibrillar Protein

Optical Characterization of Silk Secretions and Fibers

Structural Evolution of Genetically Engineered Silklike Protein Polymers

NMR Characterization of Silk Proteins

Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of the Secondary Structure of Spider Silk Fiber

Crystal Structure of Silk of Bombyx mori

Toward Single-Fiber Diffraction of Spider Dragline Silk from Nephila clavipes

X-ray Moduli of Silk Fibers from Nephila clavipes and Bombyx mori

Aspects of the Morphology of Dragline Silk of Nephila clavipes

Thermal Properties of Silk Proteins in Silkworms

Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Certain Spider Silks

Mechanical Properties of Major Ampulate Gland Silk Fibers Extracted from Nephila clavipes Spiders

Initial Degradative Changes Found in Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin

Molecular Modeling Studies on Silk Peptides

Approaches to Modeling and Property Prediction of Model Peptides

Mechanism of Fiber Formation of Silkworm

Spinning of Protein Polymer Fibers

Elastomeric Network Models for the Frame and Viscid Silks from the Orb Web of the Spider Araneus diadematus

Formation and Properties of Silk Thin Films

Applications of Silk

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