Research
6139 Broida Hall, UCSB
Phone: (805) 893-3881
Fax: (805) 893-8315
hhansma@physics.ucsb.edu
Mail:
Physics Department,
University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
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This work was funded by the National Science Foundation. |
| Spider Silks | |
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In this lab we use spiders and their webs to conduct
our research on the strengths and elastic characteristics of spider
silks. Understanding the composition of |
News on spider silks:
1. Elastic Character pdf
2. Nature - spiders spring a trap pdf
References:
| 1. Becker, N., Oroudjev, E., Mutz, S., Thompson, J. B., Cleveland, J., Proksch, R., Hansma, P. K., Hayashi, C., Makarov, D. E., and Hansma, H., Molecular Nanosprings in Spider Capture Silk,Nature Material, 2, 278-283 (2003). PDF |
| 2. Oroudjev, E., Hayashi, C. Y., Soares, J., Arcidiacono, S., Fossey, S. A., and Hansma, H. G., Nanofiber Formation in Spider Dragline-Silk as Probed by Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Pulling, Spatially Resolved Characterization of Local Phenomena in Materials and Nanostructures, 738, in press (2003) |
| 3. Oroudjev, E., Soares, J., Arcidiacono, S., J. B. Thompson, Fossey, S. A., and Hansma, H. G., Segmented Nanofibers of Spider Dragline Silk: Atomic Force Microscopy and Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 6460 (2002). |
last updated 02/05/2004 |
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