Mechanical Properties of Silk: Interplay of Deformation on Macroscopic and Molecular Length Scales

by: Igor Krasnov, Imke Diddens, Nadine Hauptmann, Gesa Helms, Malte Ogurreck, Tilo Seydel, Sérgio S Funari, Martin Müller

Physical Review Letters, Vol. 100, No. 4. (2008)

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Using an in situ combination of tensile tests and x-ray diffraction, we have determined the mechanical properties of both the crystalline and the disordered phase of the biological nanocomposite silk by adapting a model from linear viscoelastic theory to the semicrystalline morphology of silk. We observe a strong interplay between morphology and mechanical properties. Silk's high extensibility results principally from the disordered phase; however, the crystals are also elastically deformed.

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