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Title: Investigation of Synthetic Spider Silk Crystallinity and Alignment via Electrothermal, Pyroelectric, Literature XRD, and Tensile Techniques

Journal Article · · Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602 USA
  2. Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven Heverlee B-3001 Belgium; Functional Organic Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, TU/e Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
  3. Synthetic Bioproducts Center, Biology Department, Utah State University, North Logan UT 84341 USA
  4. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322 USA
  5. Laboratory for Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven Heverlee B-3001 Belgium

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
FOREIGN
OSTI ID:
1368306
Journal Information:
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Vol. 302, Issue 4; ISSN 1438-7492
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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