Structure and properties of cocoons and silk fibers produced by Hyalophora cecropia
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Structure and properties of cocoons and silk fibers produced by Hyalophora cecropia
This paper shows that silk fibers produced by cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia) have similar tensile properties but different amino acid composition than that of mulberry (Bombyx mori) silk. The cecropia fibers are also much finer and have better strength and modulus than tasar silk, the most common non-mulberry silk. Cecropia is one of the largest silk producing moths and has similar lifecycle to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Materials Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-2461,1573-4803
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-4523-3