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SUBMITTER: Krasnov I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5046950 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krasnov Igor I Seydel Tilo T Greving Imke I Blankenburg Malte M Vollrath Fritz F Müller Martin M
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20160901 122
Spider silk is a material well known for its outstanding mechanical properties, combining elasticity and tensile strength. The molecular mobility within the silk's polymer structure on the nanometre length scale importantly contributes to these macroscopic properties. We have therefore investigated the ensemble-averaged single-particle self-dynamics of the prevailing hydrogen atoms in humid spider dragline silk fibres on picosecond time scales in situ as a function of an externally applied tensi ...[more]