... major ampullate silk fibers as revealed in silico . Nanotechnol. Sci. Appl. 1 , 9 - 16 . Craig C. L. ( 2003 ). Spiderwebs and Silk: Tracing Evolution from Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Craig C. L. , Riekel C. , Herberstein M. E...

... ampullate silk biomaterial Nephila clavipes Most of the world's 40,000 species of spiders produce dragline silk from major ampullate silk glands to spin lifelines and frames of webs( Fig. 1A,B ). Dragline silk's impressive toughness (work/volume ∼5× greater than Kevlar®),high strength to weight...

... biomechanics Deinopidae flagelliform silk major ampullate silk orb web pseudoflagelliform silk Uloboridae Orb-weaving spiders within the Araneoidea are some of the most diverse and abundant predators of flying insects( Foelix, 1996 ; Wise, 1993 ). As such,orb-weaving spiders depend upon...

... of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Araneidae capture spiral dynamic mechanical analysis flagelliform silk major ampullate silk polymer silver garden spider Argiope argentata Spider silk is an inspiration for biomimetic super fibers because of the high tensile strength and unmatched toughness...

...-weaving spider Latrodectus hesperus . Both silk from the scaffolding region of the web and sticky gumfooted capture lines had material properties similar to the major ampullate silk that orb weavers use as the framework for their orb webs. Major ampullate fibers obtained from anaesthetized Latrodectus...