Thesis
Why and how is silk spun? : integrating rheology with advanced spectroscopic techniques
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This thesis investigates the mechanisms behind natural silk spinning by integrating rheology, spectroscopy and small angle scattering to better understand this process and to guide our efforts towards mimicking Nature’s ways of producing high performance fibres.
As a result of natural selection, arthropods such as spiders and moths have evolved the ability to excrete silk proteins in a highly controlled manner. Spun from liquid feedstocks, silk fibres a...
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Authors
Contributors
+ Vollrath, F
Role:
Supervisor
+ Holland, C
Role:
Supervisor
+ Terry, A
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
+ Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Boulet-Audet, M
Grant:
EP/G068224/1
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
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- Local pid:
- ora:8289
- Deposit date:
- 2014-04-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Boulet-Audet, M
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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