Acquisition of a T150 Mechanical Testing System for In situ Structural Characterization of Nanoscale Animal Silks under Strain
Abstract
A Mechanical Testing System (MTS) is a powerful tool for measuring the mechanicalproperties of materials. A MTS system can record the stress-strain curve for a single fiberproviding information regarding the material’s mechanical properties including the Young’sModulus, elongation and toughness. One set of materials that is of interest to DoD AFOSR issilk fibers because of their exceptional toughness and numerous potential military applications.Our research group is already funded to investigate the structure and dynamics of spider silkfibers and the biochemical underpinnings of silk production with nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and optical spectroscopic methods (Award FA9550-1-0151).This DURIP proposal seeks funding to acquire a Keysight T150 Nano MTS for mechanicalcharacterization of spider silks and other nanoscale animal silks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 09, 2018
- Source ID
- FA95501710409
Entities
People
- Gregory Holland
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- United States Air Force