Fritz Vollrath - Publications

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University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 

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2021 Reinwald M, Moseley B, Szenicer A, Nissen-Meyer T, Oduor S, Vollrath F, Markham A, Mortimer B. Seismic localization of elephant rumbles as a monitoring approach. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 18: 20210264. PMID 34255988 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0264  0.676
2021 Mulder T, Wilkins L, Mortimer B, Vollrath F. Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour. Die Naturwissenschaften. 108: 20. PMID 33914167 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-021-01725-1  0.697
2020 Mulder T, Mortimer B, Vollrath F. Functional flexibility in a spider's Orb Web. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 33184053 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.234070  0.688
2020 Greving I, Terry AE, Holland C, Boulet-Audet M, Grillo I, Vollrath F, Dicko C. Structural diversity of native Major Ampullate, Minor Ampullate, Cylindriform and Flagelliform silk proteins in solution. Biomacromolecules. PMID 32551521 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Biomac.0C00819  0.305
2020 Mortimer B, Soler A, Wilkins L, Vollrath F. Decoding the locational information in the orb web vibrations of Araneus diadematus and Zygiella x-notata. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 16: 20190201. PMID 31113332 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2019.0201  0.707
2019 Mi R, Shao ZZ, Vollrath F. Creating artificial Rhino Horns from Horse Hair. Scientific Reports. 9: 16233. PMID 31704986 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-52527-5  0.368
2019 Frydrych M, Greenhalgh A, Vollrath F. Artificial spinning of natural silk threads. Scientific Reports. 9: 15428. PMID 31659185 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-51589-9  0.375
2019 Fu C, Wang Y, Guan J, Chen X, Vollrath F, Shao Z. Cryogenic toughness of natural silk and a proposed structure–function relationship Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 3: 2507-2513. DOI: 10.1039/C9Qm00282K  0.304
2018 Mortimer B, Soler A, Siviour CR, Vollrath F. Remote monitoring of vibrational information in spider webs. Die Naturwissenschaften. 105: 37. PMID 29789945 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-018-1561-1  0.7
2018 Wang J, Guan J, Hawkins N, Vollrath F. Analysing the structure and glass transition behaviour of silks for archaeology and conservation. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 15. PMID 29436511 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2017.0883  0.357
2018 Shimanovich U, Pinotsi D, Shimanovich K, Yu N, Bolisetty S, Adamcik J, Mezzenga R, Charmet J, Vollrath F, Gazit E, Dobson CM, Schierle GK, Holland C, Kaminski CF, Knowles TPJ. Biophotonics of Native Silk Fibrils. Macromolecular Bioscience. PMID 29377575 DOI: 10.1002/Mabi.201700295  0.309
2018 Vollrath F, Mi R, Shah DU. Ivory as an Important Model Bio-composite Curator: the Museum Journal. 61: 95-110. DOI: 10.1111/Cura.12236  0.625
2018 Hey Tow K, Chow DM, Vollrath F, Dicaire I, Gheysens T, Thevenaz L. Exploring the Use of Native Spider Silk as an Optical Fiber for Chemical Sensing Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36: 1138-1144. DOI: 10.1109/Jlt.2017.2756095  0.312
2017 Woodcock JW, Beams R, Davis CS, Chen N, Stranick SJ, Shah DU, Vollrath F, Gilman JW. Observation of interfacial damage in a silk-epoxy composite, using a simple mechanoresponsive fluorescent probe. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 4. PMID 34194923 DOI: 10.1002/admi.201601018  0.73
2017 Shimanovich U, Ruggeri FS, De Genst E, Adamcik J, Barros TP, Porter D, Müller T, Mezzenga R, Dobson CM, Vollrath F, Holland C, Knowles TPJ. Silk micrococoons for protein stabilisation and molecular encapsulation. Nature Communications. 8: 15902. PMID 28722016 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms15902  0.33
2017 Woodcock JW, Beams R, Davis CS, Chen N, Stranick SJ, Shah DU, Vollrath F, Gilman JW. Mechano-Responsive Dyes: Observation of Interfacial Damage in a Silk-Epoxy Composite, Using a Simple Mechanoresponsive Fluorescent Probe (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 10/2017) Advanced Materials Interfaces. 4. DOI: 10.1002/Admi.201770046  0.711
2017 Woodcock JW, Beams R, Davis CS, Chen N, Stranick SJ, Shah DU, Vollrath F, Gilman JW. Observation of Interfacial Damage in a Silk-Epoxy Composite, Using a Simple Mechanoresponsive Fluorescent Probe Advanced Materials Interfaces. 4: 1601018. DOI: 10.1002/Admi.201601018  0.742
2016 Guan J, Zhu W, Liu B, Yang K, Vollrath F, Xu J. Comparing the microstructure and mechanical properties of Bombyx mori and Antheraea pernyi cocoon composites. Acta Biomaterialia. PMID 27693687 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actbio.2016.09.042  0.382
2016 Krasnov I, Seydel T, Greving I, Blankenburg M, Vollrath F, Müller M. Strain-dependent fractional molecular diffusion in humid spider silk fibres. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 13. PMID 27628174 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2016.0506  0.307
2016 Mortimer B, Soler A, Siviour CR, Zaera R, Vollrath F. Tuning the instrument: sonic properties in the spider's web. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 13. PMID 27605164 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2016.0341  0.733
2016 Vollrath F. The complexity of silk under the spotlight of synthetic biology. Biochemical Society Transactions. 44: 1151-7. PMID 27528763 DOI: 10.1042/Bst20160058  0.349
2016 Boulet-Audet M, Holland C, Gheysens T, Vollrath F. Dry-spun silk produces native-like fibroin solutions. Biomacromolecules. PMID 27526078 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Biomac.6B00887  0.359
2016 Guan J, Wang Y, Mortimer B, Holland C, Shao Z, Porter D, Vollrath F. Glass transitions in native silk fibres studied by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. Soft Matter. PMID 27320178 DOI: 10.1039/C6Sm00019C  0.725
2016 Kasoju N, Hawkins N, Pop-Georgievski O, Kubies D, Vollrath F. Silk fibroin gelation via non-solvent induced phase separation. Biomaterials Science. 4: 460-73. PMID 26730413 DOI: 10.1039/C5Bm00471C  0.318
2016 Smitthipong W, Suethao S, Shah D, Vollrath F. Interesting green elastomeric composites: Silk textile reinforced natural rubber Polymer Testing. 55: 17-24. DOI: 10.1016/J.Polymertesting.2016.08.007  0.663
2016 Offord C, Vollrath F, Holland C. Environmental effects on the construction and physical properties of Bombyx mori cocoons Journal of Materials Science. 51: 10863-10872. DOI: 10.1007/S10853-016-0298-5  0.362
2015 Mortimer B, Holland C, Windmill JF, Vollrath F. Unpicking the signal thread of the sector web spider Zygiella x-notata. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 12. PMID 26674191 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2015.0633  0.717
2015 Boulet-Audet M, Vollrath F, Holland C. Identification and classification of silks using infrared spectroscopy. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 3138-49. PMID 26347557 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.128306  0.323
2015 Shah DU, Vollrath F, Stires J, Deheyn DD. The biocomposite tube of a chaetopterid marine worm constructed with highly-controlled orientation of nanofilaments. Materials Science & Engineering. C, Materials For Biological Applications. 48: 408-15. PMID 25579941 DOI: 10.1016/J.Msec.2014.12.015  0.626
2015 Mortimer B, Guan J, Holland C, Porter D, Vollrath F. Linking naturally and unnaturally spun silks through the forced reeling of Bombyx mori. Acta Biomaterialia. 11: 247-55. PMID 25242653 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actbio.2014.09.021  0.721
2015 Shah DU, Vollrath F, Porter D. Silk cocoons as natural macro-balloon fillers in novel polyurethane-based syntactic foams Polymer (United Kingdom). 56: 93-101. DOI: 10.1016/J.Polymer.2014.09.021  0.645
2014 Teshome A, Raina SK, Vollrath F. Structure and properties of silk from the African wild silkmoth Gonometa postica reared indoors. Journal of Insect Science (Online). 14: 36. PMID 25373183 DOI: 10.1093/Jis/14.1.36  0.314
2014 Shah DU, Vollrath F, Porter D, Stires J, Deheyn DD. Housing tubes from the marine worm Chaetopterus sp.: biomaterials with exceptionally broad thermomechanical properties. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 11: 20140525. PMID 25008085 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2014.0525  0.654
2014 Vollrath F, Hawkins N, Porter D, Holland C, Boulet-Audet M. Differential Scanning Fluorimetry provides high throughput data on silk protein transitions. Scientific Reports. 4: 5625. PMID 25004800 DOI: 10.1038/Srep05625  0.304
2014 Mortimer B, Gordon SD, Holland C, Siviour CR, Vollrath F, Windmill JF. The speed of sound in silk: linking material performance to biological function. Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 26: 5179-83. PMID 24902950 DOI: 10.1002/Adma.201401027  0.719
2014 Boulet-Audet M, Terry AE, Vollrath F, Holland C. Silk protein aggregation kinetics revealed by Rheo-IR. Acta Biomaterialia. 10: 776-84. PMID 24200713 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actbio.2013.10.032  0.361
2014 Bauer G, Friedrich C, Gillig C, Vollrath F, Speck T, Holland C. Investigating the rheological properties of native plant latex. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 11: 20130847. PMID 24173604 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2013.0847  0.312
2014 Shah DU, Porter D, Vollrath F. Can silk become an effective reinforcing fibre? A property comparison with flax and glass reinforced composites Composites Science and Technology. 101: 173-183. DOI: 10.1016/J.Compscitech.2014.07.015  0.664
2014 Shah DU, Porter D, Vollrath F. Opportunities for silk textiles in reinforced biocomposites: Studying through-thickness compaction behaviour Composites Part a: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 62: 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/J.Compositesa.2014.03.008  0.646
2013 Schniepp HC, Koebley SR, Vollrath F. Brown recluse spider's nanometer scale ribbons of stiff extensible silk. Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 25: 7028-32. PMID 24352987 DOI: 10.1002/Adma.201302740  0.303
2013 Mortimer B, Holland C, Vollrath F. Forced reeling of Bombyx mori silk: separating behavior and processing conditions. Biomacromolecules. 14: 3653-9. PMID 24004380 DOI: 10.1021/Bm401013K  0.71
2013 Chen F, Hesselberg T, Porter D, Vollrath F. The impact behaviour of silk cocoons. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 2648-57. PMID 23804671 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.082545  0.377
2013 Davies GJ, Knight DP, Vollrath F. Structure and function of the major ampullate spinning duct of the golden orb weaver, Nephila edulis. Tissue & Cell. 45: 306-11. PMID 23664309 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tice.2013.04.001  0.304
2013 Guan J, Porter D, Vollrath F. Thermally induced changes in dynamic mechanical properties of native silks. Biomacromolecules. 14: 930-7. PMID 23405856 DOI: 10.1021/Bm400012K  0.316
2013 Porter D, Guan J, Vollrath F. Spider silk: super material or thin fibre? Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 25: 1275-9. PMID 23180482 DOI: 10.1002/Adma.201204158  0.344
2013 Guan J, Porter D, Vollrath F. Spider silk morphology for responsive materials Mrs Proceedings. 1498: 197-202. DOI: 10.1557/Opl.2013.336  0.302
2012 Hesselberg T, Vollrath F. The mechanical properties of the non-sticky spiral in Nephila orb webs (Araneae, Nephilidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 3362-9. PMID 22735349 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.068890  0.356
2012 Chen F, Porter D, Vollrath F. Structure and physical properties of silkworm cocoons. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 9: 2299-308. PMID 22552916 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2011.0887  0.402
2012 Chen F, Porter D, Vollrath F. Silk cocoon (Bombyx mori): multi-layer structure and mechanical properties. Acta Biomaterialia. 8: 2620-7. PMID 22484695 DOI: 10.1016/J.Actbio.2012.03.043  0.325
2012 Holland C, O'Neil K, Vollrath F, Dicko C. Distinct structural and optical regimes in natural silk spinning. Biopolymers. 97: 368-73. PMID 22240893 DOI: 10.1002/Bip.22022  0.362
2012 Holland C, Porter D, Vollrath F. Comparing the rheology of mulberry and "wild" silkworm spinning dopes. Biopolymers. 97: 362-7. PMID 22161905 DOI: 10.1002/Bip.22011  0.305
2012 Kronenberger K, Dicko C, Vollrath F. A novel marine silk. Die Naturwissenschaften. 99: 3-10. PMID 22057952 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-011-0853-5  0.336
2012 Teshome A, Vollrath F, Raina SK, Kabaru JM, Onyari J. Study on the microstructure of African wild silk cocoon shells and fibers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 50: 63-8. PMID 21986544 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijbiomac.2011.09.025  0.301
2012 Vollrath F. Untangling the spider's web. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 3: 331-5. PMID 21227285 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(88)90089-4  0.305
2012 Kronenberger K, Vollrath F, Moore PG, Halcrow K. Spinning a Marine Silk for the Purpose of Tube-Building Journal of Crustacean Biology. 32: 191-202. DOI: 10.1163/193724011X615532  0.334
2012 Yang Y, Dicko C, Bain CD, Gong Z, Jacobs RMJ, Shao Z, Terry AE, Vollrath F. Behavior of silk protein at the air-water interface Soft Matter. 8: 9705-9712. DOI: 10.1039/C2Sm26054A  0.334
2012 Chen F, Porter D, Vollrath F. Morphology and structure of silkworm cocoons Materials Science and Engineering: C. 32: 772-778. DOI: 10.1016/J.Msec.2012.01.023  0.373
2012 Teshome A, Onyari JM, Raina SK, Kabaru JM, Vollrath F. Mechanical and thermal degradation properties of silk from African wild silkmoths Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 127: 289-297. DOI: 10.1002/App.37873  0.306
2011 Guan J, Vollrath F, Porter D. Two mechanisms for supercontraction in Nephila spider dragline silk. Biomacromolecules. 12: 4030-5. PMID 21951163 DOI: 10.1021/Bm201032V  0.334
2011 Chaudhury S, Holland C, Vollrath F, Carr AJ. Comparing normal and torn rotator cuff tendons using dynamic shear analysis. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. 93: 942-8. PMID 21705568 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B7.25741  0.32
2011 Chaudhury S, Holland C, Porter D, Tirlapur UK, Vollrath F, Carr AJ. Torn human rotator cuff tendons have reduced collagen thermal properties on differential scanning calorimetry. Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 29: 1938-43. PMID 21563214 DOI: 10.1002/Jor.21450  0.315
2011 Boulet-Audet M, Vollrath F, Holland C. Rheo-attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy: a new tool to study biopolymers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : Pccp. 13: 3979-84. PMID 21240437 DOI: 10.1039/C0Cp02599B  0.345
2011 Fu C, Porter D, Chen X, Vollrath F, Shao Z. Understanding the Mechanical Properties ofAntheraea PernyiSilk-From Primary Structure to Condensed Structure of the Protein Advanced Functional Materials. 21: 729-737. DOI: 10.1002/Adfm.201001046  0.38
2010 Chen F, Porter D, Vollrath F. Silkworm cocoons inspire models for random fiber and particulate composites. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 82: 041911. PMID 21230317 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.82.041911  0.362
2010 Greving I, Dicko C, Terry A, Callow P, Vollrath F. Small angle neutron scattering of native and reconstituted silk fibroin Soft Matter. 6: 4389. DOI: 10.1039/C0Sm00108B  0.324
2010 Chaudhury S, Holland C, Vollrath F, Carr A. Characterisation of differences in shear mechanical properties between torn and normal rotator cuff tendons Injury Extra. 41: 162. DOI: 10.1016/J.Injury.2010.07.487  0.307
2009 Mo C, Holland C, Porter D, Shao Z, Vollrath F. Concentration state dependence of the rheological and structural properties of reconstituted silk. Biomacromolecules. 10: 2724-8. PMID 19754134 DOI: 10.1021/Bm900452U  0.353
2009 Mayntz D, Toft S, Vollrath F. Nutrient balance affects foraging behaviour of a trap-building predator. Biology Letters. 5: 735-8. PMID 19640870 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2009.0431  0.325
2009 Vollrath F, Porter D. Silks as ancient models for modern polymers Polymer. 50: 5623-5632. DOI: 10.1016/J.Polymer.2009.09.068  0.34
2008 Dicko C, Porter D, Bond J, Kenney JM, Vollrath F. Structural disorder in silk proteins reveals the emergence of elastomericity. Biomacromolecules. 9: 216-21. PMID 18078324 DOI: 10.1021/Bm701069Y  0.334
2008 Liu Y, Sponner A, Porter D, Vollrath F. Proline and processing of spider silks. Biomacromolecules. 9: 116-21. PMID 18052126 DOI: 10.1021/Bm700877G  0.35
2007 Vollrath F, Selden P. The Role of Behavior in the Evolution of Spiders, Silks, and Webs Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 38: 819-846. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Ecolsys.37.091305.110221  0.3
2007 Holland C, Terry A, Porter D, Vollrath F. Natural and unnatural silks Polymer. 48: 3388-3392. DOI: 10.1016/J.Polymer.2007.04.019  0.354
2007 Hakimi O, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Vadgama P. Spider and mulberry silkworm silks as compatible biomaterials Composites Part B: Engineering. 38: 324-337. DOI: 10.1016/J.Compositesb.2006.06.012  0.386
2006 Vollrath F, Porter D. Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer. Soft Matter. 2: 377-385. PMID 32680251 DOI: 10.1039/B600098N  0.347
2006 Dicko C, Kenney JM, Vollrath F. Beta-silks: enhancing and controlling aggregation. Advances in Protein Chemistry. 73: 17-53. PMID 17190610 DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3233(06)73002-9  0.319
2006 Vollrath F. Spider silk: thousands of nano-filaments and dollops of sticky glue. Current Biology : Cb. 16: R925-7. PMID 17084691 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2006.09.050  0.306
2006 Holland C, Terry AE, Porter D, Vollrath F. Comparing the rheology of native spider and silkworm spinning dope. Nature Materials. 5: 870-4. PMID 17057700 DOI: 10.1038/Nmat1762  0.36
2005 Liu Y, Shao Z, Vollrath F. Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk. Nature Materials. 4: 901-5. PMID 16299506 DOI: 10.1038/Nmat1534  0.379
2005 Sponner A, Vater W, Rommerskirch W, Vollrath F, Unger E, Grosse F, Weisshart K. The conserved C-termini contribute to the properties of spider silk fibroins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 338: 897-902. PMID 16253207 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbrc.2005.10.048  0.311
2005 Rising A, Nimmervoll H, Grip S, Fernandez-Arias A, Storckenfeldt E, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Engström W. Spider silk proteins--mechanical property and gene sequence. Zoological Science. 22: 273-81. PMID 15795489 DOI: 10.2108/Zsj.22.273  0.331
2005 Porter D, Vollrath F, Shao Z. Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer. The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter. 16: 199-206. PMID 15729511 DOI: 10.1140/Epje/E2005-00021-2  0.367
2005 Vollrath F, Porter D. Spider silk as a model biomaterial Applied Physics A. 82: 205-212. DOI: 10.1007/S00339-005-3437-4  0.355
2004 Huemmerich D, Scheibel T, Vollrath F, Cohen S, Gat U, Ittah S. Novel assembly properties of recombinant spider dragline silk proteins. Current Biology : Cb. 14: 2070-4. PMID 15556872 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2004.11.005  0.319
2004 Dicko C, Knight D, Kenney JM, Vollrath F. Secondary structures and conformational changes in flagelliform, cylindrical, major, and minor ampullate silk proteins. Temperature and concentration effects. Biomacromolecules. 5: 2105-15. PMID 15530023 DOI: 10.1021/Bm034486Y  0.339
2004 Hesselberg T, Vollrath F. The effects of neurotoxins on web-geometry and web-building behaviour in Araneus diadematus Cl. Physiology & Behavior. 82: 519-29. PMID 15276818 DOI: 10.1016/J.Physbeh.2004.04.058  0.31
2004 Dicko C, Knight D, Kenney JM, Vollrath F. Structural conformation of spidroin in solution: a synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study. Biomacromolecules. 5: 758-67. PMID 15132658 DOI: 10.1021/Bm034373E  0.355
2004 Riekel C, Rössle M, Sapede D, Vollrath F. Influence of CO2 on the micro-structural properties of spider dragline silk: X-ray microdiffraction results. Die Naturwissenschaften. 91: 30-3. PMID 14740101 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-003-0482-8  0.31
2003 Sirichaisit J, Brookes VL, Young RJ, Vollrath F. Analyis of structure/property relationships in silkworm (Bombyx mori) and spider dragline (Nephila edulis) silks using Raman spectroscopy. Biomacromolecules. 4: 387-94. PMID 12625736 DOI: 10.1021/Bm0256956  0.305
2003 Knight DP, Vollrath F. Comparison of the spinning of selachian egg case ply sheets and orb web spider dragline filaments. Biomacromolecules. 2: 323-34. PMID 11749189 DOI: 10.1021/Bm0001446  0.341
2003 Shao Z, Vollrath F, Yang Y, Thøgersen HC. Structure and Behavior of Regenerated Spider Silk Macromolecules. 36: 1157-1161. DOI: 10.1021/Ma0214660  0.351
2002 Shao Z, Vollrath F. Surprising strength of silkworm silk Nature. 418: 741. PMID 12181556 DOI: 10.1038/418741A  0.35
2002 Van Beek JD, Hesst S, Vollrath F, Meier BH. The molecular structure of spider dragline silk: Folding and orientation of the protein backbone Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99: 10266-10271. PMID 12149440 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.152162299  0.307
2002 Knight DP, Vollrath F. Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 357: 219-27. PMID 11911779 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2001.1026  0.302
2002 Knight DP, Vollrath F. Biological liquid crystal elastomers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 357: 155-63. PMID 11911772 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2001.1030  0.324
2002 Vollrath F. Strength and structure of spiders' silks. Journal of Biotechnology. 74: 67-83. PMID 11763504 DOI: 10.1016/S1389-0352(00)00006-4  0.37
2002 Vollrath F, Madsen B, Shao Z. The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 268: 2339-46. PMID 11703874 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2001.1590  0.334
2002 Riekel C, Vollrath F. Spider silk fibre extrusion: combined wide- and small-angle X-ray microdiffraction experiments. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 29: 203-10. PMID 11589973 DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(01)00166-0  0.306
2002 Vollrath F, Knight DP. Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk. Nature. 410: 541-8. PMID 11279484 DOI: 10.1038/35069000  0.353
2001 Knight DP, Vollrath F. Changes in element composition along the spinning duct in a Nephila spider. Die Naturwissenschaften. 88: 179-82. PMID 11480706 DOI: 10.1007/S001140100220  0.312
2000 Sirichaisit J, Young R, Vollrath F. Molecular deformation in spider dragline silk subjected to stress Polymer. 41: 1223-1227. DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00293-1  0.307
1999 Madsen B, Shao ZZ, Vollrath F. Variability in the mechanical properties of spider silks on three levels: interspecific, intraspecific and intraindividual. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 24: 301-6. PMID 10342779 DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00094-4  0.332
1999 Shao Z, Young RJ, Vollrath F. The effect of solvents on spider silk studied by mechanical testing and single-fibre Raman spectroscopy. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 24: 295-300. PMID 10342778 DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00093-2  0.364
1999 Vollrath F, Knight DP. Structure and function of the silk production pathway in the spider Nephila edulis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 24: 243-9. PMID 10342771 DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00095-6  0.343
1999 Vollrath F. Biology of spider silk. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 24: 81-8. PMID 10342751 DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00076-2  0.37
1999 Shao Z, Hu X, Frische S, Vollrath F. Heterogeneous morphology of Nephila edulis spider silk and its significance for mechanical properties Polymer. 40: 4709-4711. DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00072-5  0.305
1999 Shao Z, Vollrath F, Sirichaisit J, Young R. Analysis of spider silk in native and supercontracted states using Raman spectroscopy Polymer. 40: 2493-2500. DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00475-3  0.314
1999 Shao Z, Vollrath F. The effect of solvents on the contraction and mechanical properties of spider silk Polymer. 40: 1799-1806. DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00266-3  0.322
1996 Vollrath F, Kohler T. Mechanics of silk produced by loaded spiders Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 263: 387-391. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1996.0059  0.327
1996 Vollrath F, Holtet T, Thogersen HC, Frische S. Structural Organization Of Spider Silk Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 263: 147-151. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1996.0023  0.35
1995 Lin LH, Edmonds DT, Vollrath F. Structural engineering of an orb-spider's web Nature. 373: 146-148. DOI: 10.1038/373146A0  0.322
1995 Köhler T, Vollrath F. Thread biomechanics in the two orb-weaving spidersAraneus diadematus (Araneae, Araneidae) andUloborus walckenaerius (Araneae, Uloboridae) Journal of Experimental Zoology. 271: 1-17. DOI: 10.1002/Jez.1402710102  0.349
1991 Gotts N, Vollrath F. Artificial intelligence modelling of web-building in the garden cross spider Journal of Theoretical Biology. 152: 485-511. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80394-7  0.32
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