There is an urgent need to improve the sustainability of the materials we produce and use.
Here, we explore what humans can learn from nature about how to sustainably fabricate …

Spider silk threads have exceptional mechanical properties such as toughness, elasticity
and low density, which reach maximum values compared to other fibre materials. They are …

Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for
renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their …

Spiders produce nature's toughest fiber using renewable components at ambient
temperatures and with water as solvent, making it highly interesting to replicate for the …

Spider silks are remarkable materials characterized by superb mechanical properties such
as strength, extensibility, and lightweightedness. Yet, to date, limited models are available to …

Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a
biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes …

Macroscopic assembly of graphene sheets has renovated the preparation of neat
carbonaceous fibers with integrating high performance and superior functionalities, beyond …

Biomolecular condensates are implicated in core cellular processes such as gene
regulation and ribosome biogenesis. Although the architecture of biomolecular condensates …

Silkworm silk protein fibroin and spider silk spidroin are known biocompatible and natural
biodegradable polymers in biomedical applications. The presence of β-sheets in silk fibroin …

Spider dragline silk is a remarkable fiber made of unique proteins—spidroins—secreted and
stored as a concentrated aqueous dope in the major ampullate gland of spiders. This feat …