Essays about: "Artificial spider silk"
Found 2 essays containing the words Artificial spider silk.
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1. Analyzing Synthetic Spider Silk-based Diffraction Grids for the Sunshade Project
University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)Abstract : To mitigate climate change a proposed space-based geoengineering solutionis to screen off solar irradiance by placing a membrane in between the Earthand the Sun. The feasibility of such a project largely depends on minimizingthe mass of the shading screen and as an extension to the Sunshade projectthis thesis investigated how such a low-mass membrane could be designed. READ MORE
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2. Silk's sweet spot: untangling the requirements for artificial silk extrusion using a biomimetic approach
University essay from Lunds universitet/Tillämpad biokemiAbstract : Up to this date, only a few silk hydrogels were reported to be injectable. Of these, none are truly biomimetic, and are instead comprised of blends with limited amounts of silk. Hence, no truly silk-based hydrogels exist as of today. READ MORE