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  2. Spider silk - Wikipedia

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    Spider silk structure: crystalline beta-sheets separated by amorphous linkages. Silks have a hierarchical structure. The primary structure is the amino acid sequence of its proteins (), mainly consisting of highly repetitive glycine and alanine blocks, [4] [5] which is why silks are often referred to as a block co-polymer.

  3. List of animals that produce silk - Wikipedia

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    Spiders make spider silk for various purposes such as weaving their webs, protecting their eggs or as a safety line. The amphipod Peramphithoe femorata uses silk to make a nest out of kelp blades. Another amphipod, Crassicorophium bonellii, use silk to build shelter. Carp produce fibroin units, a component of silk, to attach their eggs to rocks ...

  4. Gossamer - Wikipedia

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    Fine spider silk used by spiderlings for ballooning or kiting; Gossamer (fabric), very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric; Gossamer may also refer to: Technology.

  5. Is spider silk the next bulletproof material? - AOL

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    The spider silk has a greater tensile strength than steel, and the material is even strong enough to stop a bullet. In terms of everyday usage, spider silk could be a huge game changer when it ...

  6. List of textile fibres - Wikipedia

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    Silk: Silk worm (Bombyx mori) Smooth, strong fabric finish with high shine Eri silk: Silk worm (Samia cynthia) Smooth, strong fabric finish with high shine Spider silk: Golden Orb-weaver Spider (Nephila inaurata madagascariensis); transgenic silk worm; transgenic yeast: Ultra-strong, golden, smooth fabric finish with high shine Vicuña: Vicuña

  7. Wild silk - Wikipedia

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    Spider webs were used as a wound dressing in ancient Greece and Rome, [2] and as a base for painting from the 16th century. [3] Caterpillar nests were used to make containers and fabric in the Aztec Empire. [1] [4] To make a woven fabric, silk threads must first be either carded and spun, or extracted as a single

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