Abstract

Spider dragline silk has the highest strength among all natural or artificial fibers. This paper is to take full advantage of this property to enhance polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers by adding spider powders in the spun solution by the electrospinning. The obtained spider-based nanofiber shows much higher toughness than its polyvinyl alcohol partner. We also find that the spider-based nanofibers have supercontraction and wetting properties similar to those in the spider silks. This paper sheds a new light on a new trend of nanobiomimetics.

Details

Title
Wetting and supercontraction properties of spider-based nanofibers
Author
Dan-Ni, Yu; Tian, Dan; Chan-Juan, Zhou; Ji-Huan He
Pages
2189-2193
Section
Original Scientific Papers: Selection of original scientific papers
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia
ISSN
0354-9836
e-ISSN
2334-7163
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2429073558
Copyright
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