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Publications
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2020

Cyclical strain improves artificial equine tendon constructs in vitro 2020

Silk Protein Solution: A Natural Example of Sticky Reptation 2020

Structural Diversity of Native Major Ampullate, Minor Ampullate, Cylindriform, and Flagelliform Silk Proteins in Solution 2020

Boulet-Audet, M.

Tensegrity Modelling and the High Toughness of Spider Dragline Silk 2020

Tiban Anrango, B.

2019

Revealing Spider Silk's 3D Nanostructure Through Low Temperature Plasma Etching and Advanced Low-Voltage SEM 2019

Frontiers in Materials

Dynamic Photo-cross-linking of Native Silk Enables Macroscale Patterning at a Microscale Resolution 2019

2018

Hybrid hydrogels based on polysaccharide gum karaya, poly(vinyl alcohol) and silk fibroin 2018

Materials Research Express

Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Native Silk Feedstock 2018

Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 1800228

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Extensional flow behaviour and spinnability of native silk 2018

Soft Matter, 2018,14, 8838-8845

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The Biomedical Use of Silk: Past, Present, Future 2018

Advanced Healthcare Materials

Rnjak-Kovacina, J.

The Energy Requirements for Flow‐Induced Solidification of Silk 2018

Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 1800229

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Changes in Silk Feedstock Rheology during Cocoon Construction: The Role of Calcium and Potassium Ions 2018

Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 1800188

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New perspectives on nano-engineering by secondary electron spectroscopy in the helium ion and scanning electron microscope 2018

MRS Communications

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The rheological properties of native sericin 2018

Acta Biomaterialia

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Biophotonics of Native Silk Fibrils 2018

Macromolecular Bioscience

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Shimanovich, U.

Shimanovich, K.

2017

Mapping Nanostructural Variations in Silk by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging 2017

Advanced Materials.

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Analysis of the pressure requirements for silk spinning reveals a pultrusion dominated process 2017

Nature Communications volume 8, Article number: 594

Open Access Paper

Silk micrococoons for protein stabilisation and molecular encapsulation 2017

Nature Communications.

Shimanovich, U.

Sericin Promotes Fibroin Silk I Stabilization Across a Phase-Separation 2017

Biomacromolecules.

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Progress and Trends in Artificial Silk Spinning: A Systematic Review 2017

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering.

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2016

Thermo-rheological behaviour of native silk feedstocks 2016

European Polymer Journal.

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The Rheology behind Stress-Induced Solidification in Native Silk Feedstocks 2016

International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

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Dry-Spun Silk Produces Native-Like Fibroin Solutions 2016

Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 10, 3198-3204

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Boulet-Audet, M.

Environmental effects on the construction and physical properties of Bombyx mori cocoons. 2016

Journal of Materials Science, 1-10.

Native Silk Feedstock as a Model Biopolymer: A Rheological Perspective 2016

Biomacromolecules, 2016,17,8, 2662-2671

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Dry-Spun Silk Produces Native-Like Fibroin Solutions 2016

Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 10, 3198-3204

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Combined numerical and experimental biomechanical characterization of soft collagen hydrogel substrate 2016

Soft Matter.

Shariatzadeh, M.

2015

Unpicking the signal thread of the sector web spider Zygiella x-notata 2015

Interface 12 (113) 20150633.

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J.F.C. and Vollrath, F.

Identification and classification of silks using infrared spectroscopy 2015

Journal of Experimental Biology 218(19), 3138-3149

Boulet-Audet, M.

Rheological behaviour of native silk feedstocks 2015

Polymer, 67, 28-39

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More than one way to spin a crystallite: multiple trajectories through liquid crystallinity to solid silk 2015

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, 20150259

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Biomechanical testing and development of silk-based textiles for regenerative medicine and surgery 2015

Biomedical textiles for orthopaedic and surgical applications (Blair, T., ed), pp. 191, Woodhead Publishing.

The use of spider silk as a biomaterial 2015

In Advances in Silk Science and Technology (Basu, A., ed), pp. 298, Woodhead Publishing.

Linking naturally and unnaturally spun silks through the forced reeling of Bombyx mori 2015

Acta Biomaterialia 11, 247-255.

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2014

Investigating the rheological properties of native plant latex 2014

11, 20130847.

Silk protein aggregation kinetics revealed by Rheo-IR 2014

Acta Biomaterialia, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2014, Pages 776-784

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Boulet-Audet, M.

Horses and cows might teach us about human knees 2014

Naturwissenschaften 101, 351-354.

The speed of sound in silk: linking material performance to biological function 2014

Advanced Materials 26, 5179-5183.

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Differential Scanning Fluorimetry provides high throughput data on silk protein transitions. 2014

Scientific Reports volume 4, Article number: 5625 (2014)

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Boulet-Audet, M.

2013

In situ tensile tests of single silk fibres in an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) 2013

Journal of Materials Science, 1-8.

Forced reeling of Bombyx mori silk: separating behavior and processing conditions 2013

Biomacromolecules 14, 3653-3659.

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The science of silks 2013

MRS Bulletin 38, 73-80.

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2012

Tensile and shear mechanical properties of rotator cuff repair patches 2012

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 21, 1168-1176.

Ballistic impact to access the high-rate behaviour of individual silk fibres 2012

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 60, 1710-1721.

Distinct structural and optical regimes in natural silk spinning 2012

Biopolymers 97, 368-373.

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Comparing the rheology of mulberry and “wild” silkworm spinning dopes 2012

Biopolymers 97, 362-367.

Direct visualization of shear dependent silk fibrillogenesis 2012

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 2590-2594

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Silk and Synthetic Polymers: Reconciling 100 Degrees of Separation 2012

Adv. Mater., 24: 105-109

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2011

Rheo-attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy: a new tool to study biopolymers 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 3979-3984

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Boulet-Audet, M.

Torn human rotator cuff tendons have reduced collagen thermal properties on differential scanning calorimetry 2011

Journal of Orthopaedic Research 29, 1938-1943.

Comparing normal and torn rotator cuff tendons using dynamic shear analysis 2011

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Br) 93-B, 942-948.

A poisonous surprise under the coat of the African crested rat 2011

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279, 675-680.

Boulet-Audet, M.

There are many more lessons still to be learned from spider silks 2011

Soft Matter 7, 9595-9600.

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2009

Concentration state dependence of the rheological and structural properties of reconstituted silk 2009

Biomacromolecules 10, 2724-2728.

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2008

Biomimetic principles of spider silk for high performance fibres 2008

Woodhead Publishing.

2007

Natural and unnatural silks 2007

Polymer, Volume 48, Issue 12, 4 June 2007, Pages 3388-3392

2006

Comparing the rheology of native spider and silkworm spinning dope 2006

Nature Materials volume 5, pages870–874 (2006)