Hardy, John G. and Scheibel, Thomas R. (2009) Production and processing of spider silk proteins. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 47 (16). pp. 3957-3963. ISSN 0887-624X
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Natural spider silk fibers have impressive mechanical properties (outperforming many man-made fibers) and are, moreover, biocompatible, biodegradable, and produced under benign conditions (using water as a solvent at ambient temperature). The problems associated with harvesting natural spider silks inspired us to devise a method to produce spider silk-like proteins biotechnologically (the first subject tackled in this highlight); we subsequently discuss their processing into various materials morphologies, and some potential technical and biomedical applications.