Spider Silk Research Could Lead To Stronger, More Flexible Materials.
The Daily Telegraph (UK) (3/15, Alleyne) reports, "Researchers found that spider silk employs a unique crystal structure that converts an otherwise weak material into one stronger and less brittle than steel or ceramics. They believe in future it may be possible to copy spider ingenuity to create new classes of materials that are both incredibly flexible and strong out of cheap, ordinary elements." Using computer modeling in their work, the MIT researchers "found that the size of the crystals was critical," with three-nanometer crystals making "the silk ultra-strong and ductile," while slightly larger crystals make it "weak and brittle."
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