Toughness-enhancing metastructure in the recluse spider's looped ribbon silk

Abstract

The recluse spider spins its ribbon-like silk into loops, a metastructure that can enhance fibre toughness.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1039/c6mh00473c

Entities

People

  • F. Vollrath
  • Hannes C. Schniepp
  • S. R. Koebley

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • College of William & Mary
  • Division of Materials Research
  • United States Army
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Oxford

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry