The materials are chemically converted, dissolved, or melted, turning into a thick liquid. Video credit: Carleton University 2. A spinning process produces the fiber by passing the thick liquid ...

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To develop the material, the researchers used a modified protein sequence of spider silk, produced using microbial organisms, ...

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More information: Baoyang Lin et al, Overexpressed Artificial Spidroin Based Microneedle Spinneret for 3D Air Spinning of Hybrid Spider Silk, ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c08557 ...

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The latest research was published in the American Chemical Society journal, in a study titled ‘Overexpressed Artificial Spidroin Based Microneedle Spinneret for 3D Air Spinning of Hybrid Spider ...

The cap is immersed in an acid bath and the alkali in the viscose as it emerges from the spinneret is neutralized by the acid, the particles of cellulose coming together into 15 or 18 filaments ...

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