1. Behavioral tuning of spider silk thread stiffness circumvents biomaterial trade-offs
   2026/01/26 by Jonas O. Wolff, Daniela C. Rößler, Anna‐Christin Joel +4 · 2 voices
   Engineering · Materials Science · #Advanced Materials and Mechanics #Biomaterial #Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition #Elasticity (physics) #Elastomer #Extensibility #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spider silk #Stiffness #Thread (computing)
2. Protein composition and associated material properties of cobweb spiders’ gumfoot glue droplets
   2021/05/17 by Nadia A Ayoub, Nadia A. Ayoub, Kyle Friend +17 · 7 citations
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Adhesive #Biology #Cell biology #Chemistry #Composite material #Evolutionary biology #GLUE #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Layer (electronics) #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Polymer science #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spider #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies #Spider silk #Zoology
3. Tuning the conformation and mechanical properties of silk fibroin hydrogels
   2020/06/12 by Narges Johari, Lorenzo Moroni, Ali Samadikuchaksaraei +1 · 26 citations
   Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · #Adhesion #Biomaterial #Bombyx mori #Bone Tissue Engineering Materials #Cell adhesion #Chemical engineering #Chemistry #Composite material #Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications #Fibroin #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Polymer chemistry #Polymer science #SILK #Self-healing hydrogels #Silk-based biomaterials and applications
4. Big Business for Firms and States: Silk Manufacturing in Renaissance Italy
   2020/01/01 by Franco Franceschi · 1 citation
   Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Engineering · #Ancient history #Art #Art history #Business #Capital (architecture) #Commerce #Economics #Economy #Engineering #Fifteenth #Historical Economic and Social Studies #History #Incentive #Market economy #SILK #The Renaissance
5. Silk Development and Kernel Set in Maize as Related to Nitrogen Stress
   2018/08/23 by Jason L. DeBruin, Jason DeBruin, Bryce Hemphill +1 · 8 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Mathematics · #Agronomy #Animal science #Biology #Chemistry #Combinatorics #Composite material #Crop Yield and Soil Fertility #Grain yield #Horticulture #Kernel (algebra) #Materials science #Mathematics #Nitrogen #Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism #SILK #Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology #Zea mays
6. Life cycle assessment of Indian silk
   2014/06/20 by Miguel F. Astudillo, Gunnar Thalwitz, Fritz Vollrath · 1 citation
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Mathematics · #Biology #Computer science #Ecological footprint #Ecology #Economics #Ecotoxicity #Engineering #Environmental economics #Environmental engineering #Environmental impact assessment #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Factory (object-oriented programming) #Impact assessment #Insect Utilization and Effects #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Life-cycle assessment #Mathematics #Natural resource economics #Production (economics) #Raw material #SILK #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #Sustainability #Unit (ring theory)
7. Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations
   2012/11/05 by Banani Kundu, Rangam Rajkhowa, Subhas C. Kundu +1 · 1 citation
   Engineering · Materials Science · #Biocompatibility #Biology #Biomaterial #Biomedical engineering #Bone Tissue Engineering Materials #Cell biology #Composite material #Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications #Engineering #Fibroin #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Regeneration (biology) #SILK #Scaffold #Sericin #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Tissue engineering
8. Silk from Crickets: A New Twist on Spinning
   2012/02/15 by Andrew A. Walker, Sarah Weisman, Jeffrey S. Church +3 · 1 citation
   Materials Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Insect Utilization and Effects #SILK #Peptide sequence #Fibroin #Fabrication #Materials science #Protein secondary structure #Raman spectroscopy #Biology #Biochemistry #Composite material #Gene #Optics
9. Nonmulberry silk biopolymers
   2012/01/12 by S. C. Kundu, Subhas C. Kundu, Banani Kundu +10 · 26 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · #Biochemical and Structural Characterization #Biochemical engineering #Chemistry #Composite material #Engineering #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Polymer science #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research
10. Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin
    2011/09/22 by Danielle N. Rockwood, Danielle N Rockwood, Rucsanda C Preda +7 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Immunology and Microbiology · Materials Science · #Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities #Biochemistry #Biocompatibility #Biomaterial #Biomedical engineering #Bombyx mori #Chemistry #Composite material #Drug delivery #Fibroin #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Polymer #Polymer chemistry #SILK #Scaffold #Self-healing hydrogels #Sericin #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #Tissue engineering
11. Effect of processing on silk‐based biomaterials: Reproducibility and biocompatibility
    2011/06/21 by Lindsay S. Wray, Xiao Hu, J.-I. Andrés Gallego +4 · 1 citation
    Materials Science · Immunology and Microbiology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities #RNA Interference and Gene Delivery #Fibroin #Sericin #SILK #Biocompatibility #Biomaterial #Materials science #Biomedical engineering #Polymer science #Composite material #Nanotechnology #Medicine
12. Demineralization Enables Reeling of Wild Silkmoth Cocoons
    2011/04/14 by Tom Gheysens, Andrew Collins, Suresh Raina +2 · 1 citation
    Materials Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Engineering · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #Fibroin #Bombyx mori #SILK #Polymer science #Demineralization #Chemistry #Toxicology #Horticulture #Pulp and paper industry #Botany #Biology #Materials science #Composite material #Engineering #Biochemistry #Enamel paint
13. Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider
    2010/09/15 by Ingi Agnarsson, Matjaž Kuntner, Todd A. Blackledge · 1 citation
    Materials Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Insect Utilization and Effects #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #SILK #Spider silk #Spider #Polymer science #Biology #Ecology #Materials science #Composite material
14. Antheraea pernyiSilk Fiber: A Potential Resource for Artificially Biospinning Spider Dragline Silk
    2010/01/01 by Yaopeng Zhang, Hongxia Yang, Huili Shao +1 · 2 citations
    Materials Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #SILK #Antheraea pernyi #Bombyx mori #Spider silk #Spider #Materials science #Ultimate tensile strength #Composite material #Polymer science #Biology #Ecology
15. Insect Silk: One Name, Many Materials
    2009/09/03 by Tara D. Sutherland, James Harvey Young, Sarah Weisman +2 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · #Biology #Botany #Composite material #Crystallinity #Insect #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Larva #Materials science #Polymer science #SILK #Saturniidae #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research
16. Anterior cruciate ligament regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells and silk scaffold in large animal model
    2009/06/19 by Hongbin Fan, Haifeng Liu, S.L. Toh +3 · 2 citations
    Materials Science · Medicine · #Anatomy #Anterior cruciate ligament #Biology #Biomedical engineering #Cell biology #Composite material #Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques #Materials science #Medicine #Mesenchymal stem cell #Regeneration (biology) #SILK #Scaffold #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Tendon Structure and Treatment #Tissue engineering
17. Silkworm and spider silk scaffolds for chondrocyte support
    2008/06/10 by Kris Gellynck, Peter C. M. Verdonk, Peter Verdonk +9 · 2 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · Medicine · #Anatomy #Biology #Biomedical engineering #Bombyx mori #Cartilage #Cell biology #Chemistry #Chondrocyte #Composite material #Extracellular matrix #Fibroin #Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications #Materials science #Matrix (chemical analysis) #Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms #Porosity #SILK #Scaffold #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spider #Spider silk
18. In vivo degradation of three-dimensional silk fibroin scaffolds
    2008/05/29 by Yongzhong Wang, D. Rudym, Darya D. Rudym +8 · 2 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Materials Science · #Biology #Biomedical engineering #Composite material #Computer science #Degradation (telecommunications) #Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications #Engineering #Fibroin #In vivo #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Materials science #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications
19. A New Method for the Modification of Fibroin Heavy Chain Protein in the Transgenic Silkworm
    2007/12/23 by Katsura Kojima, Yoshihiko Kuwana, Hideki Sezutsu +4 · 1 citation
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Immunology and Microbiology · Materials Science · #Biochemistry #Biology #Bombyx mori #Cell biology #Chemistry #Fibroin #Gene #Green fluorescent protein #Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms #Materials science #Molecular biology #Plasmid #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Transgene #Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
20. Silk as a biomaterial
    2007/06/12 by Charu Vepari, David L. Kaplan · 2 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · #Biocompatible material #Biomaterial #Biomedical engineering #Composite material #Crystallinity #Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Polymer science #Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms #SILK #Sericin #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Tissue engineering
21. RGD-tethered Silk Substrate Stimulates the Differentiation of Human Tendon Cells
    2006/03/09 by T Kardestuncer, Mary McCarthy, Vassilis Karageorgiou +2 · 2 citations
    Medicine · Materials Science · Chemistry · #Tendon Structure and Treatment #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques #SILK #Decorin #Medicine #Tendon #Type I collagen #Adhesion #Osteoblast #Tissue engineering #Cell biology #Anatomy #Pathology #Biomedical engineering #Chemistry #Biochemistry #Biology #In vitro #Proteoglycan #Materials science
22. Quasistatic and continuous dynamic characterization of the mechanical properties of silk from the cobweb of the black widow spiderLatrodectus hesperus
    2005/05/05 by Todd A. Blackledge, J. E. Swindeman, Cheryl Y. Hayashi · 2 citations
    Materials Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Spider silk #SILK #Spider #Materials science #Polymer science #Composite material #Biology #Zoology
23. Transition to a β-Sheet-Rich Structure in Spidroin in Vitro: The Effects of pH and Cations
    2004/10/16 by Cedric Dicko, John M. Kenney, David P. Knight +2 · 22 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · Neuroscience · #Aqueous solution #Biochemical and Structural Characterization #Biophysics #Chemistry #Crystallography #Inorganic chemistry #Ion #Kinetics #Materials science #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Organic chemistry #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spider silk #Titration
24. The inflammatory responses to silk films in vitro and in vivo
    2004/04/10 by Lorenz Meinel, Sandra Hofmann, Vassilis Karageorgiou +12 · 4 citations
    Chemistry · Materials Science · Medicine · #Biochemistry #Biocompatibility #Biology #Biomedical engineering #Cell biology #Chemistry #Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications #Endocrinology #In vitro #In vivo #Materials science #Medicine #Mesenchymal stem cell #Molecular biology #Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments #Prostaglandin E2 #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Tissue engineering
25. NEW WORK ON THE SOGDIANS, THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADERS ON THE SILK ROAD, A.D. 500-1000
    2003/01/01 by Valerie Hansen · 2 citations
    Arts and Humanities · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Asian studies #Byzantine Studies and History #China #Engineering #Eurasian Exchange Networks #History #Mechanical engineering #SILK #Telecommunications #Work (physics)
26. Silk-based biomaterials
    2002/11/04 by Gregory H Altman, Gregory H. Altman, Frank Diaz +12 · 3 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Engineering · Immunology and Microbiology · Materials Science · #Biochemistry #Biocompatibility #Biomaterial #Biomedical engineering #Bombyx mori #Chemistry #Composite material #Engineering #Fibroin #Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Polymer science #SILK #Scaffold #Sericin #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spider silk #Tissue engineering #Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
27. Effect of degumming on the tensile properties of silkworm (Bombyx mori) silk fiber
    2002/03/01 by J. Pérez‐Rigueiro, José Pérez‐Rigueiro, M. Elices +4 · 12 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Boiling #Bombyx mori #Chemistry #Chromatography #Composite material #Distilled water #Elastic modulus #Fiber #Materials science #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #Ultimate tensile strength #Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
28. The natural silk spinning process
    2001/12/15 by Guiyang Li, Ping Zhou, Zhengzhong Shao +5 · 14 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Beta sheet #Biochemical and Structural Characterization #Biochemistry #Chemical engineering #Chemistry #Circular dichroism #Composite material #Crystallography #Fibroin #Materials science #Nucleation #Organic chemistry #Polymer chemistry #Protein structure #RNA Interference and Gene Delivery #Random coil #SILK #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Spinning
29. Tensile properties of silkworm silk obtained by forced silking
    2001/09/10 by J. Pérez‐Rigueiro, José Pérez‐Rigueiro, M. Elices +4 · 8 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · Mathematics · #Bombyx mori #Chemistry #Coating #Composite material #Displacement (psychology) #Materials science #Mathematics #SILK #Sericin #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Silkworms and Sericulture Research #Ultimate tensile strength #Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects #Weibull distribution
30. Fine organization of Bombyx mori fibroin heavy chain gene
    2000/06/15 by Cong‐Zhao Zhou · 3 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · #Animal Genetics and Reproduction #Biology #Bombyx #Bombyx mori #Coding region #Conserved sequence #Exon #Fibroin #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Genomic organization #Homology (biology) #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Intron #Peptide sequence #Repeated sequence #SILK #Sequence (biology) #Silk-based biomaterials and applications #Tandem repeat

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