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Controlled fabrication and water collection ability of bioinspired artificial spider silks

  • Hao Bai
  • , Jie Ju
  • , Ruize Sun
  • , Yuan Chen
  • , Yongmei Zheng*
  • , Lei Jiang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Spider silks with periodic spindle-knots are skillful at collecting water from the foggy air. Under controlled fabrication conditions, a series of bioinspired artificial spider silks (BAS) with different sized spindle-knots are realized. Furthermore, the water collection ability of these BASs is investigated. The study is helpful for the practical application of BASs as water collecting materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3708-3711
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume23
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Rayleigh instability
  • artificial spider silks
  • bioinspired materials
  • water collection

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