Other molecular constituents found in spider silk ... into a fibre with a multilevel structure on the nanolevel. As the silk dope travels along the long ducts within the spider, it undergoes ...

Spider silk, already known for its exceptional ... experiments to understand how stretching transforms the molecular structure of silk. The results could lead to innovations in the design of ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk ... structure and strength. To tackle this open-ended question, Keten and Graham developed a computational model to simulate the molecular ...

Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key ... process changes fiber structure and strength. To tackle this open-ended question, Keten and Graham developed a ...