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2021
2020
2019
2018
Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Native Silk Feedstock 2018
Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 1800228

Extensional flow behaviour and spinnability of native silk 2018
Soft Matter, 2018,14, 8838-8845

The Biomedical Use of Silk: Past, Present, Future 2018
Advanced Healthcare Materials
The Energy Requirements for Flow‐Induced Solidification of Silk 2018
Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 1800229

Changes in Silk Feedstock Rheology during Cocoon Construction: The Role of Calcium and Potassium Ions 2018
Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 1800188

2017
Mapping Nanostructural Variations in Silk by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging 2017
Advanced Materials.

Analysis of the pressure requirements for silk spinning reveals a pultrusion dominated process 2017
Nature Communications volume 8, Article number: 594
Sericin Promotes Fibroin Silk I Stabilization Across a Phase-Separation 2017
Biomacromolecules.

Progress and Trends in Artificial Silk Spinning: A Systematic Review 2017
ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering.

2016
Thermo-rheological behaviour of native silk feedstocks 2016
European Polymer Journal.

The Rheology behind Stress-Induced Solidification in Native Silk Feedstocks 2016
International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Dry-Spun Silk Produces Native-Like Fibroin Solutions 2016
Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 10, 3198-3204

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

Dry-Spun Silk Produces Native-Like Fibroin Solutions 2016
Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 10, 3198-3204

2015
Unpicking the signal thread of the sector web spider Zygiella x-notata 2015
Interface 12 (113) 20150633.

Identification and classification of silks using infrared spectroscopy 2015
Journal of Experimental Biology 218(19), 3138-3149
Rheological behaviour of native silk feedstocks 2015
Polymer, 67, 28-39

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

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.

2014
Silk protein aggregation kinetics revealed by Rheo-IR 2014
Acta Biomaterialia, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2014, Pages 776-784

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.

Differential Scanning Fluorimetry provides high throughput data on silk protein transitions. 2014
Scientific Reports volume 4, Article number: 5625 (2014)

2013
Forced reeling of Bombyx mori silk: separating behavior and processing conditions 2013
Biomacromolecules 14, 3653-3659.

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.

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

Silk and Synthetic Polymers: Reconciling 100 Degrees of Separation 2012
Adv. Mater., 24: 105-109

2011
Rheo-attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy: a new tool to study biopolymers 2011
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 3979-3984

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.
There are many more lessons still to be learned from spider silks 2011
Soft Matter 7, 9595-9600.

2009
Concentration state dependence of the rheological and structural properties of reconstituted silk 2009
Biomacromolecules 10, 2724-2728.
