TY - JOUR
TI - Wetting and supercontraction properties of spider-based nanofibers
AU - Yu Dan-Ni
AU - Tian Dan
AU - Zhou Chan-Juan
AU - He Ji-Huan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 4
SP - 2189
EP - 2193
PT - Article
AB - Spider dragline silk has the highest strength among all natural or artificial  fibers. This paper is to take full advantage of this property to enhance  polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers by adding spider powders in the spun solution  by the electrospinning. The obtained spider-based nanofiber shows much  higher toughness than its polyvinyl alcohol partner. We also find that the  spider-based nanofibers have supercontraction and wetting properties  similar to those in the spider silks. This paper sheds a new light on a new  trend of nanobiomimetics.