A combination of wood fibres and spider silk could rival plastic
Phys.org - Mon 16 Sep 19Achieving strength and extensibility at the same time has so far been a great challenge in material engineering: increasing strength has meant losing extensibility and vice versa. Now Aalto ...
Wood fiber, spider silk combo could rival plastic, Science Blog - Mon 16 Sep 19Spiders’ silk gives strength to wood-based bioplastics
The Engineer - Mon 16 Sep 19Finnish researchers have combined the silk protein found in spiders’ webs with wood cellulose fibres to create a new durable form of bioplastic. The scientists, from Aalto University and ...
Combination of wood fibers and spider silk could rival plastic
Eurekalert - Mon 16 Sep 19Combination of wood fibres and spider silk could rival plasticThe unique material outperforms most of today's synthetic and natural materials by providing high strength and stiffness, combined ...