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Making Electrospun Spider Silk Fibers Stronger
Biology Posters
  • Dan Gil, Utah State University
  • Blake Taurone, Utah State University
  • Bailey McFarland, Utah State University
  • Justin Jones, Utah State University
  • Randolph V. Lewis, Utah State University
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
3-30-2017
Disciplines
Abstract

Spider silk is one of the most robust and versatile fibers making it a topic of interest in the scientific community. Possessing strength and elasticity many have sought to create fibers comparable to natural spider silk. Up until recently many scientists have fallen short of creating said fibers. With the use of a technique called electrospinning, comparable spider silk fibers have been created. Electrospinning is the process of creating fibers from a polymer solution using an electrical field. This method leads to the formation of nanofibers. These Fibers can then be further modified by crosslinking, a technique traditionally used to analyze protein-protein interactions.

Citation Information
Dan Gil, Blake Taurone, Bailey McFarland, Justin Jones, et al.. "Making Electrospun Spider Silk Fibers Stronger" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/justin-jones/16/