The elasticity of spiders' webs is due to water-induced mobility at a molecular level
- 22 May 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 248 (1322) , 141-144
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1992.0054
Abstract
13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of intact webs from the common garden spider Araneus diadematus has been used to demonstrate that: (i) water retention is an important role for the...Keywords
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