Spider Silk and its Applications
Spider silk is an alternative to silkworm silk fibers and has much more outstanding properties. With the properties of strength, resilience, and flexibility, spider silk holds great promise for commercial and consumer applications. Spider silk has properties that make it stiffer than Kevlar and steel. Nowadays, different biotechnology companies focused on the development and commercialization of spider silk. Applications of spider silk include: It is used as a structural material Innovative spider silk technologies open the possibility for large-scale production materials such as elastin, keratin, human collagen, and many more at comparatively very low costs This material could drastically reduce the amount of material used in various engineering fields like civil, mechanical, etc. The excellent elastic properties of spider silk material make it an ideal fiber material for composites. Aggressive biotechnology comp...