The mass production and disposal of non‐degradable fossil‐based plastics is responsible
for alarming environmental and social issues when not managed responsibly. Towards …

Spider silk has fascinated mankind for millennia, but it is only in recent decades that
scientific research has begun to unravel all its characteristics and applications. The …

Natural materials are adaptive with intriguing mechanical properties such as strain‐
stiffening, high dam**, and stimuli‐responsive actuation under ambient conditions, which …

Spider dragline silk fibers are important in nature for capturing prey and as a lifeline.
However, spider silk is exposed to a range of humidity and deformation conditions, and it is …

Dyneema SK76 single fibers have been subjected to various known levels of both torsional
shear strain and axial tensile stress in efforts to determine the resulting combined loading …

Soft materials are widely used in applications subjected to impact loading but are less well
characterized in terms of their constitutive behavior under high-rate loading conditions. A …

Understanding mechanics of spider silk holds immense importance due to its potential to
drive innovation in the development of materials with exceptional mechanical characteristics …

This is a Perspective on nature as a story‐teller, where inputs of evolution drove the
remarkable protein designs found in silks. This selection process has resulted in silk …

Comparative silk research has begun to provide us with valuable insights into a class of
biopolymers that have evolved an enormous range of material performance based on highly …

Silk protein builds up one of the strongest fibers superior to most synthetic and natural
polymers. However, the strengthening mechanisms of the silk proteins remain largely …