Silk - Blamires, Sean
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Silk is one of nature's most remarkable materials-lightweight, strong, and versatile. Produced by a variety of invertebrates, it serves many purposes, from catching prey to protecting eggs. But silk is more than just a natural marvel-it has the potential to transform industries and help tackle the global pollution crisis. This book explores the incredible diversity of silk-producing animals, from industrious silkworms to ingenious spiders. Each type of silk is a masterpiece of evolution, boasting unique properties that have fascinated humans for millennia. This book examines the ancient art of…mehr

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Silk is one of nature's most remarkable materials-lightweight, strong, and versatile. Produced by a variety of invertebrates, it serves many purposes, from catching prey to protecting eggs. But silk is more than just a natural marvel-it has the potential to transform industries and help tackle the global pollution crisis. This book explores the incredible diversity of silk-producing animals, from industrious silkworms to ingenious spiders. Each type of silk is a masterpiece of evolution, boasting unique properties that have fascinated humans for millennia. This book examines the ancient art of silk production to today's cutting-edge innovations in genetic engineering and everything in between. From biodegradable materials to medical implants, silk is leading the way in sustainable solutions for modern challenges, Silk offers a compelling look at a material that has and will continue to redefine how we live.
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Autorenporträt
Dr Sean J. Blamires (Ph.D., University of Sydney) is a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales. His research interest is spider silks, their evolution, and functional significance of material property variation across nano- to macro-scales. He has collaborative research links all over the world, including with the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University (where he has an honorary Fellowship), Bio 21, University of Melbourne, Macquarie University, Tunghai University, Taiwan, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, University of Akron, USA, Arizona State University, USA, and Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay. He has published over 70 scientific papers on silks and other aspects of animal biology.