Comb-Charging Spider's Nanofiber Secrets (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Comb-Charging Spider's Nanofiber Secrets

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The "garden center spider" (<i>Uloborus plumipes</i>) combs and pulls its silk and builds up an electrostatic charge to create sticky filaments just a few nanometers thick. It could inspire a new way to make super long and strong nanofibers.

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Hartmut Kronenberger & Katrin Kronenberger (Oxford University)

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