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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Sheffield : B - Materials Science and Engineering
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Article title
Direct visualization of shear dependent silk fibrillogenesis
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Soft Matter
Article number
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Volume number
8
Issue number
9
First page of article
2590
ISSN of journal
17446848
Year of publication
2012
URL
-
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
Silk’s impressive material properties are attributed to the development of a complex hierarchical structure during flow processing. This international study, a featured front cover for Soft Matter, provides the first in situ evidence of silk microfibre formation under a controlled shear field. This has redefined and simplified the theoretical and practical requirements for natural silk fibre production. It provides flow process criteria for artificial feedstock and future biomimetic device development and is being put into practice as a £1.3M EPSRC Early Career Fellowship held by Holland (EP/K005693/1).
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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