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Research ArticleAPPLIED SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Spider dragline silk as torsional actuator driven by humidity
- View ORCID ProfileDabiao Liu1,2,3,*,
- Anna Tarakanova4,
- View ORCID ProfileClaire C. Hsu4,
- Miao Yu1,
- Shimin Zheng1,
- View ORCID ProfileLongteng Yu1,5,
- Jie Liu6,
- Yuming He1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileD. J. Dunstan3 and
- View ORCID ProfileMarkus J. Buehler4,*
- 1Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
- 2Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
- 3School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.
- 4Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.
- 6Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: dbliu{at}hust.edu.cn (D.L.); mbuehler{at}mit.edu (M.J.B.)
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Science Advances 01 Mar 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 3, eaau9183
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau9183
Vol. 5, no. 3, eaau9183
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau9183
Dabiao Liu
1Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
2Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
3School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.
Anna Tarakanova
4Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Claire C. Hsu
4Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Miao Yu
1Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Shimin Zheng
1Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Longteng Yu
1Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
5Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.
Jie Liu
6Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-Resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
Yuming He
1Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
2Hubei Key Laboratory of Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, China.
D. J. Dunstan
3School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.
Markus J. Buehler
4Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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