Biomimetic engineering of materials based on hagfish slime thread proteins

• Main Author: Fu, Jing
• Other Authors: Ali Gilles Tchenguise Miserez
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69482
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biomimetic materials inspired from Nature have shown unique potential to create a new class of materials with a set of properties not found in synthetic materials. Silk, one classical example of biological protein-based materials, exhibits excellent mechanical performances for diverse applications....