eprintid: 27
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 4
dir: disk0/00/00/00/27
datestamp: 2004-06-10
lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:45:39
status_changed: 2009-04-08 16:52:08
type: report
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item_issues_count: 0
creators_name: Dellar, P.
creators_name: Allwright, D.J.
contributors_name: Boxer, T.
contributors_name: Cummings, L.
contributors_name: Dewynne, J.N.
contributors_name: Grief, A.
contributors_name: Hogan, J.
contributors_name: Howison, S.D.
contributors_name: Huang, H.
contributors_name: Lee, M.
contributors_name: Lionheart, B.
contributors_name: Ockendon, H.
contributors_name: Ockendon, J.R.
contributors_name: Please, C.P.
contributors_name: Richardson, G.
contributors_name: Wilks, G.
contributors_name: Williams, J.
title: Biomimetic spinning of spider silk
ispublished: pub
subjects: materials
studygroups: esgi46
companyname: Spinox
full_text_status: public
problem_statement: Kevlar fibres are made from liquid crystalline polymer (LCP). Since their creation there has been extensive research effort in the use of LCPs as structural and barrier materials. Spider silk is formed from a lyotropic LCP which undergoes structural transitions during spinning, resulting in a highly orientated structure. It is this structure that is thought to be essential for the exceptional tensile strength of spider silk. Biomimetic spinning of spider silk protein dope has yet to achieve the strength characteristics found in nature. Spinox have designed and built a biomimetic rig into which protein dope is fed and from which spun  bre is drawn. They want to model the spinning process in the spider and compare it with the biomimetic rig.
date: 2003-04
date_type: published
pages: 10
citation:   Dellar, P. and Allwright, D.J.  (2003) Biomimetic spinning of spider silk.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/27/1/Silk.pdf