Spider Silk: A Smart Biopolymer with Water Switchable Shape Memory Effects -Unraveling the Mystery of Superconraction

Jinlian Hu; Yong Zhu

doi:10.1108/RJTA-17-02-2013-B001

Spider Silk: A Smart Biopolymer with Water Switchable Shape Memory Effects -Unraveling the Mystery of Superconraction

Jinlian Hu, Yong Zhu

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

The work represents an advance in understanding spider silks related to supercontraction which is clearly the water triggered shape recovery phenomenon. A structural model of spider silks is established, which can integrate a number of phenomena such as tunable mechanical properties, the origin, functions and ground state of supercontraction. The shape memory mechanism of protein fibers lays foundation for man-making and bio-mimicking spider silks using chemical approaches rather than genetic ones.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Research Journal of Textile and Apparel
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-17-02-2013-B001
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2013

Keywords

Shape Memory
Spider Silk
Supercontraction
Water Sensitive

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Materials Science (miscellaneous)
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Business and International Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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