Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness

Modern orb-weaving spiders have evolved well-designed adhesives to capture preys. This adhesive is laid on a pair of axial silk fibres as micron-sized glue droplets that are composed of an aqueous coat of salts surrounding nodules made of glycoproteins. In this study, we measure the adhesive forces...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature communications 2010-05, Vol.1 (1), p.19-19, Article 19
Hauptverfasser:	Sahni, Vasav, Blackledge, Todd A., Dhinojwala, Ali
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/601 631/61/2049 639/301 Adhesiveness Animals Elasticity Glycoproteins - chemistry Humanities and Social Sciences Microscopy, Confocal multidisciplinary Science Science (multidisciplinary) Silk - chemistry Spiders
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