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If your institution does not have access to these journals and you require reprints please contact us 2012 Chen, F., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. Structure and physical properties of silkworm cocoons, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, access 2012 Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. Water mobility, denaturation and the glass transition in proteins, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins & Proteomics, access 2012 Wang, T., Porter, D. & Shao, Z. The Intrinsic Ability of Silk Fibroin to Direct the Formation of Diverse Aragonite Aggregates, Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (2) 435-441 access 2012 Guan, J., Porter, D., Vollrath, V. Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load, Polymer, (in press) access 2012 Chen, F., Porter, D., Vollrath, F. Silk Cocoon: Multilayer structure and mechanical properties (Bombyx mori), Acta Biomaterialia, (In Press) access 2012 Chen, F., Porter, D., Vollrath, F. Morphology and Structure of Silkworm Cocoons, Materials Science and Engineering C (In Press) access 2012 Kronenberger K., Moore P. G., Halcrow K., Vollrath F. Spinning a marine silk for the purpose of tube-building Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 32 (2) 191-201 access 2012 Holland, C. Vollrath, F. Dicko, I.C. Distinct structural and optical regimes in natural silk spinning Biopolymers 97 (6) 368-73 access 2012 Holland, C. Urbach, J. Blair, D. Direct Visualization of Shear Dependent Silk Fibrillogenesis Soft Matter 8 2590-4 access 2012 Holland, C. Porter, D. Vollrath, F. Comparing the rheology of mulberry and ‘wild’ silkworm spinning dopes. Biopolymers 97 (6) 362-7 access 2012 Holland, C. Vollrath, F. Ryan, A.J. Mykhaylyk, O.O. Silk and Synthetic Polymers; Reconciling 100 Degrees of Separation Advanced Materials 24 (1) 105-109 access 2012 Greving, I. Cai, F. Vollrath, F. Schniepp, H. Shear-induced self-assembly of native silk proteins into fibrils studied by atomic force microscopy, Biomacromolecules 13 (3) 676-682 access 2012 Huang W, Begum R, Barber T, Ibba V, Tee NC, Hussain M, Arastoo M, Yang Q, Robson LG, Lesage S, Gheysens T, Skaer NJ, Knight DP, Priestley JV. Regenerative potential of silk conduits in repair of peripheral nerve injury in adult rats. Biomaterials 33 (1) 59-71 access
2011 Turner, J., Vollrath, F. and Hesselberg, T. Wind speed affects prey-catching behaviour in an orb web spider Naturwissenschaften 98 1063-1067 access 2011 Kronenberger K., Dicko C., Vollrath F. A novel marine silk. Naturwissenschaften, (online advance) access 2011 Guan, J. Vollrath, F. Porter, D. Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction in Nephila Spider Dragline Silk. Biomacromolecules 12 (11), 4030–403 access 2011 Chaudhury S, Dicko C, Burgess M, Vollrath F, Carr AJ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis of normal and torn rotator-cuff tendons. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 93 (3) 370-377 access 2011 Chaudhury, S. Holland, C. Thompson, M. Vollrath, F. Carr, A. Tensile and Shear Mechanical Properties of Rotator Cuff Repair Patches. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (In Press) access 2011 Vollrath, F. Porter, D. Holland, C. There are many more lessons to be learned from spider silk Soft Matter 7 (20) 9595-9600 access 2011 Chen, F., Hodgkinson, J., "Impact damage" in Encyclopaedia of Composites, Wiley Publishing, in press 2011 Kingdon, J. Agwanda, B. Kinnaird, M, O’Brien, Holland, C. Gheysens. T. Boulet-Audet, M. Vollrath, F.; A Poisonous Surprise Under The Coat Of The African Crested Rat. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (Online Advance) access 2011 Gheysens, T; Collins, A; Raina, S; Vollrath, F; Knight, DP, Demineralization Enables Reeling of Wild Silkmoth Cocoons. Biomacromolecules 12 (6) 2257-2266 access 2011 Teshome, A., Raina, S.K., Vollrath, F., Kabaru, J.M., Onyari, J., Nguku, E.K., Study on Weight Loss and Moisture REgain of Silk Cocoon Shells and Degummed Fibers from African Wild Silkmoths. Journal of Entomology 8 (5) 450-458 access 2011 Chaudhury, S. Holland, C. Porter, D. Tirlapur, T. Vollrath, F. Carr, A. Torn Human Rotator Cuff Tendons Have Reduced Collagen Thermal Properties on Differential Scanning Calorimetry.Journal of Orthopedic Research 29 (12) 1938-1943 access. 2011 Chaudhury, S. Holland, C. Vollrath, F. Carr, A. Comparing normal and torn rotator cuff tendons using dynamic shear analysis Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 93-B (7) 942-948 access 2011 Seydel, T. Knoll, W., Greving, I., Dicko, C., Koza, M. M., Krasnov, I., Müller, M.."Increased molecular mobility in humid silk fibers under tensile stress" Physical Review E, 83 016104 access 2011 Vollrath F. "Spider Silks" in Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology,Spinger Verlag, Heidelberg/New York (in press) Reserve your copy now 2011 Boulet-Audet M., Vollrath F., Holland C. Rheo-Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy: a new tool to study biopolymers Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 3979-3984 access 2011 Fu C., Porter D., Chen X., Vollrath F., Shao Z. Understanding the Mechanical Properties of Antheraea Pernyi Silk—From Primary Structure to Condensed Structure of the Protein Advanced Functional Materials, 21 729-737 access
2010 Guan J., Porter D., Tian K., Shao Z.Z., Chen X. Morphology and mechanical properties of soy protein scaffolds made by directional freezing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 118 3 1658–1665. Access 2010 Yin, Y. Chen, E. Porter, D. and Shao, Z; Enhancing the Toughness of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Film through Uniaxial Extension Biomacromolecules, 11 (11) 2890-2895 access 2010 Dicko C., Porter D., Vollrath F.; The relevance of silks to amyloids. pp51 -70 in Functional Amyloid Aggregation Eds: Stefania Rigacci and Monica Bucciantini. Research Signpost. ISBN: 978-81-308-0425-5 in press. 2010 J.P. Foreman, D. Porter, S. Behzadi, P.T. Curtis and F.R. Jones; Predicting the thermomechanical properties of an epoxy resin blend as a function of temperature and strain rate Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41 (9) 1072-1076 access 2010 Greving, I., Dicko, C., Terry, A.E., Callow, P., Vollrath, F. Small angle neutron scattering of native and reconstituted silk fibroin Softmatter, 6 4389-4395 access 2010 Chen, F., Porter, D., Vollrath, F., A nonwoven composite model based on silkworm cocoon (Bombyx mori), Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 4 (9) , 28-33 Email for access 2010 Chen, F., Porter, D., Vollrath., Silkworm cocoons inspire models for random fiber and particulate composites, Physical Review E 82 (4), 041911-041917 access
2009 Fu, C. Porter, D. and Shao, Z. Moisture Effects on Antheraea pernyi Silk’s Mechanical Property Macromolecules, 42 7877-7880 access 2009 A. Collins, N. Skaer, T. Gheysens, D. Knight, C. Bertram, H. Roach, R. Oreffo, S. Von-Aulock, T. Baris, J. Skinner and S. Mann; Bone-like Resorbable Silk-based Scaffolds for Load-bearing Osteoregenerative Applications. Advanced Materials, 21 75-78 access 2009 O. Hakimi, T. Gheysens, F. Vollrath, M. Grahn, D. Knight, P. Vadgama. Modulation of cell growth on exposure to silkworm and spider silk fibers. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A here 2009 Clifton, L.A., Neylon C., Terry A.E., Dicko C., Diddens I., Characterising biomaterial complexity. Materials Today, 12 (7-8): 86-91, access 2009 Vollrath, F., Chen, F., Porter, D., Silks and their composites. pp1355-1365 in Transactions of the 14th Fundamental Research Symposium on advances in pulp and paper research, Oxford 2009. ISBN 978 0 9545272 7 3 Email for access 2009 Fu, C., Shao, Z., Vollrath, F. Animal silks: their structures, Chemical Communications 43,6515-6529 access 2009 Porter D. & Gould, P.J. Predictive nonlinear constitutive relations in polymers through loss history, International Journal of Solids and Structures 46, 1981-199 access 2009 Vollrath, F., Porter, D., Dicko, C. The structure of silk. pp146-198 in Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure Vol.2 Eds S.J. Eichhorn, J.W.S. Hearlem, M. Jaffe & T. Kikutani. Woodhead Publishing access 2009 Vollrath, F. Porter, D. Silks as Ancient Models for Modern Polymers. Polymer 50 5623-32 access 2009 Mo, C. Holland, C. Porter, D, Shao, Z. Vollrath, F. Concentration state dependence of the rheological and structural properties of reconstituted silk. Biomacromolecules 10 (10) 2724-8 access 2009 Porter, D. Vollrath, F. Tian, K. Chen, X. Shao, Z., A kinetic model for thermal degradation in polymers with specific application to proteins. Polymer 50, (7), 1814-1818. access 2009 Foreman, J.P. Behzadi, S. Tsampas, S.A. Porter, D.Curtis, P.T.and 2009 Porter, D. & Gould, P. J., Predictive nonlinear constitutive relations in polymers through loss history. International Journal of Solids and Structures 46, (9), 1981-1993.access 2009 Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers. Adv. Mater. 21, 487-492 access
2008 Dicko, C., Hicks, M.R. Dafforn, T.R., Vollrath, F., Rodger, A., Hoffmann S.V. Breaking the 200 nm Limit for Routine Flow Linear Dichroism Measurements Using UV Synchrotron Radiation Biophysical Journal, 95 (12) 5974-5977 access 2008 Cheng, C. Shao, Z. Vollrath, F. Silk Fibroin regulating the crystallization process of calcium carbonate . Adv. Funct. Mater. 18, 15 2172-2179 access 2008 Dicko, C. Porter, D. Bond, J. Kenney, J. Vollrath, F Structural Disorder in Silk Proteins Reveals the Emergence of Elastomericity Biomacromolecules 9 (1) 216-221 access 2008 Liu, Y. Sponner, A. Porter, D. Vollrath, F. Proline and processing of spider silks. Biomacromolecules. 9 (1) 116-121 access 2008 Porter, D. Vollrath, F. The role of kinetics of water and amide bonding in protein stability Soft Matter, 4 328-336 access 2008 Holland, C.A. Vollrath F.V. Biomimetic principles of spider silk for high performance fibres Chapter 7 in Biologically Inspired Textiles Eds Ellison, M.S. Abbott, A.G. Woodhead Publishing
2007 Swinerd, V.M., A.M. Collins, N.J.V. Skaer, T. Gheysens and S. Mann. Silk inverse opals from template-directed b-sheet transformation of regenerated silk fibroin. Softmatter 3:1377-1380. access 2007 Vollrath, F. Selden, P. The Role of Behavior in the
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and Webs Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and 2007 Chen, X. Shao, Z. Knight, D.P. Vollrath, F. Conformation Transition Kinetics of Bombyx mori Silk Protein. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 68 223–231access 2007 Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. Nanoscale toughness of spider silk. Nanotoday 2, 6 access 2007 Emile, O. Floch, A.L. Vollrath, F. Time-resolved torsional relaxation of spider draglines by an optical technique. Physcial Review Letters 98 167402-4 access 2007 Holland, C. Terry, A. Porter, D. Vollrath, F. Natural and Unnatural Silks. Polymer 48 3388-3392 access 2007 Hakimi O, Knight D, Vollrath F, Vadgama P Spider and mulberry silkworm silks in “Bio-engineered Composites” of Composites Part B: Engineering. (in press, availble online November 15) access
2006 Dicko C, Kenney J, Vollrath F Beta-Silks: Enhancing and controlling aggregation. pp 17-53 in eds A Kajava, J Squire, D Parry: Fibrous Proteins: Amyloids, Prions and Beta- proteins. Advances in Protein Chemistry (vol. 72), Elsevier Press buy 2006 Holland C, Terry A, Porter D, Vollrath F Comparing the rheology of native spider and silkworm dope. Nature Materials 5 870-874 access 2006 Chen X, Shao ZZ, Vollrath F Spinning processes for spider silk Soft Matter 2, 448–451 access 2006 Emile, O. Floch, A.L. Vollrath, F. Shape memory in spider draglines. Nature 440, 621 access 2006 Vollrath, F. Spider Silk: Thousands of Nano-Filaments and Dollops of Sticky Glue. Current Biology 16 (21) R925-R927 access 2006 Vollrath F, Porter Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer. Soft Matter 2;377-385 access 2006 Vollrath F, Porter, D. Spider silk as a model biomaterial. Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 82, 205-212. access
2005 Sapede D, Seydel T, Forsyth T, Koza MM, Schweins R, Vollrath F, Riekel C Nanofibrillar structure and molecular mobility in spider dragline silk. Macromolecules 38, 8447-8453 access 2005 Liu Y,Shao ZZ, Vollrath F Relationships between supercontraction and the mechanical properties of spider silk. Nature Materials 4, 901-905. access 2005 Liu Y, Shao Z, Vollrath F, Extended wet-spinning can modify spider silk properties Chemical Communications 2005: 2489-91 access 2005 Dicko C., Knight D., Kenney J., Vollrath F. “Conformational polymorphism, stability and aggregation in spider dragline silk proteins” International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 36 (4): 215- 224 access 2005 Sponner A, Vater W, Rommerskirch W, Vollrath F, Unger E, Grosse F, Weisshart K. The conserved C-termini contribute to the properties of spider silk fibroins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 338 (2) 897-902 access 2005 Sponner A, Unger E, Grosse F, Weisshart K, Differential polymerization of the two main protein components of dragline silk during fibre spinning. Nat. Mat. 4 772-5 access 2005 Sponner A, Schlott B, Vollrath F, Unger E, Frank Grosse F, Weisshart K, Characterization of the Protein Components of Nephila clavipes dragline silk. Biochemistry 44: 4727-4736 access 2005 Peng X, Shao Z,Chen X, Knight DP, Wu P, Vollrath F Further Investigation on Potassium-Induced Conformation Transition of Nephila Spidroin Film with Two-Dimensional Infrared Correlation Spectroscopy. Biomacromolecules 6, 302-306 access 2005 Porter D, Vollrath F, Shao Z, Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer, Europ. Physical J. E 16: 199-206 access 2005 Vollrath, F. Spiders' Webs. Current Biology 15 (10) R364-R365 access 2005 Yang Y, Chen X, Zhou P, Shao Z, Porter D, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Toughness of spider silk at high and low temperatures. Advanced Materials 17, 83-88 access 2005 Vollrath, F, Sponner A, A Synthetic natural silks. ‘The route to synthetic silks’ 245-270, in ‘Biodegradable and sustainable fibres’ Editor R.Blackburn, Woodhead publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK (ISBN-13: 978-1-85573-916-1, ISBN-10: 1-85573-916-X )
2004 Sponner A, Unger E, Grosse F, Weisshart K, Conserved C-termini of spidroins are secreted by the major ampullate glands and retained in the silk thread. Biomacromol 5 840-5 access 2004 Vollrath F, Knight DP Biology and technology of silk production (in press) in (eds A. Steinbüchel and Y. Doi) Biotechnology of biopolymers : from synthesis to patents. Wiley-VCH, Heidelberg & New York (reprinted article in Handbook of Biopolymers 2003) 2004 Terry A, Knight DP, David Porter D, Vollrath F pH induced changes in the rheology of silk fibroin solution from the middle division of Bombyx mori Silkworm. Biomacromolecules 5: 268-277 access 2004 Huemmerich D, Scheibel T, Vollrath F, Cohen S, Gat U, Ittah S, Novel Assembly Properties of Recombinant Spider Dragline Silk Proteins. Current Biology 14; 2070-2074 access 2004 Riekel C, Roessle M, Sapede D, Vollrath F Influence of CO2 on the micro-structural properties of spider dragline silk: X-ray microdiffraction results. Naturwissenschaften 2004:30-33. access 2004 Hronsky M, van Beek JD, Williamson PTF, Vollrath F, Meier BH NMR characterization of native liquid spider dragline silk from Nephila edulis. Biomacromol. 5; 834-839 access 2004 Hesselberg T, Vollrath F, The Effects of Neurotoxins on Web-geometry and Web-building Behaviour in Araneus diadematus Cl. Physiology and Behaviour Vol 82; 519-529 access 2004 Dicko C, Knight D, Kenney JM, Vollrath F, Transition to a beta-sheet rich state in major ampullate silk proteins: pH and salts effects. Biochemistry. 43 (44) 14080-7 access 2004 Dicko C, Kenney JM, Vollrath F, Secondary Structures and Conformational Changes in Flagelliform, Cylindrical, Major, and Minor Ampullate Silk Proteins. Temperature and Concentration Effects. Biomacromolecules. 5 2105-2115 access 2004 Dicko C, Knight D, Kenney JM, Vollrath F, Structural conformation of spidroin in solution: A synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study. Biomacromolecules. 5; 758-767 access 2004 Dicko C, Kenney JM, Vollrath F, Spider silk-protein refolding is controlled by changing pH. Biomacromolecules. 5 (3) 704-710 access
2003 Zhou L, Chen X, Shao S, Zhou P, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Copper in the silk formation process of Bombyx mori silkworm. FEBS Letters 554: 337-341 access 2003 Vollrath F, Knight D, Biology and technology of silk production. pp 25-46 in Handbook of Biopolymers. (eds. A Steinbüchel, S Fahnestock,), Wiley-VCH, Heidelberg & New York 2003 Vollrath F, Knight D, The nature of some spiders' silks. pp 152-174 in (eds B Shrewry, A.Tatham,) Elastomeric Proteins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 2003 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Biological liquid crystal elastomers. pp 302-320 reprinted in (eds B Shrewry, A.Tatham,) Elastomeric Proteins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (reprinted article from Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 2002) access 2003 Knight DP, Vollrath F Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk. pp 115-135 reprinted in (eds B Shrewry, A.Tatham,) Elastomeric Proteins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, (reprinted article from Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 2002) access 2003 Chen X, Zhou L, Shao S, Zhou P, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Conformation Transition of Silk Protein Membranes Monitored by Time-resolved FTIR Spectroscopy: Conformation Transition Behavior of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Membranes in Alcohol Solution at High Concentration. Acta Chimica Sinica 61; 625-629. 2003 Shao Z, Yang Y, Vollrath F Structure and behaviour of regenerated spider silk. Macromol. 36 1157-1161 access
2002 Vollrath F, Douglas-Hamilton I, African bees to control African elephants. Naturwiss. 89; 508-511 access 2002 Vollrath F, Barth P, Basedow W, Engström W, List H, Local tolerance to spider silks and protein polymers In Vivo 16: 229-234 2002 Vollrath F, Microstructure of spider silks. pp 93-106 in Sustainable Natural and Polymeric Composites - Science and Technology (eds H Lilholt et al.) Risø Internatl. Symp. Mat. Sci. Riso National Laboratories, Roskilde 2002 Van Beek JD, Hess S, Vollrath F, Maier BH, The molecular structure of spider dragline silk: folding and orientation of the protein backbone. Proc. Nat; Acad. Sci. 99, 10266-10271 access 2002 Shao Z, Vollrath F, Surprising strength of silkworm silk. Nature 418: 741 access 2002 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 357: 219-228 access 2002 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Biological liquid crystal elastomers. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 357: 155-164 access 2002 Kenney J, Knight DP, Wise M, Vollrath F, Amyloidogenic nature of spider silk. Eur. J. Biochem. 269, 4159–4163 access 2002 Chen X, Shao Z, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Conformation Transition of Silk Protein Membranes Monitored by Time-resolved FTIR Spectroscopy: Effect of Alkali Metal Ions on Nephila Spidroin Membrane. Acta Chimica Sinica 60; 2203-2208. 2002 Chen X, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Rheological characterization of Nephila spidroin solution. Biomacromol. 3, 644-648 access 2002 Chen X, Knight DP, Shao Z, Vollrath F, Conformation Transition in Silk Protein Films Monitored by Time-Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Effect of Potassium Ions on Nephila Spidroin Films. Biochemistry 41; 14944-14950. access
2001 Vollrath F, Madsen B, Shao Z, The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk. Proc. Roy. Soc. 268: 2339-2346 access 2001 Vollrath F, Knight DP Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk. Nature 410: 541-548 access 2001 Riekel C, Vollrath F, Spider silk fibre extrusion: combined wide- and small-angle X-ray microdiffraction experiments. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 29: 203-210. access 2001 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Comparison of liquid crystal spinning of Selachian egg case ply sheets and orb web spider dragline filaments. Biomacromol. 2:323-334 access 2001 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Changes in element composition along the spinning duct in a Nephia spider. Naturwissenschaften 88: 179-182 access 2001 Chen X, Knight DP, Shao Z, Vollrath F, Regenerated Bombyx silk solutions studied with rheometry and FTIR. Polymer 42, 9969-9974 access
2000 Vollrath F, Strength and structure of spiders' silks. Rev. Molec. Biotech. 74 67-83 access 2000 Vollrath F, Nørgaard T, Krieger M, Radius orientation in the cross spider Araneus diadematus. Pp 107-116 in European Arachnology (eds S Toft & N Scharff) University Press, Aarhus 2000 Vollrath F, Coevolution of behaviour and material in the spider's web. pp 315-329 in Biomechanics in Animal Behaviour (ed. P Domenici, RW Blake). Bios, Oxford 2000 Uhl G, Vollrath F, Extreme body size variability in the golden silk spider (Nephila edulis) does not extend to genitalia . J. Zoology 22; 392-409 access 2000 Riekel C, Madsen B, Knight DP, Vollrath F, In-Situ X-ray diffraction during biopolymer extrusion: forced silking of Nephila edulis spider silk Biol. Macromol. 24: 179-186 access 2000 Madsen B, Vollrath F, Mechanics and morphology of silk drawn from anaesthetised spiders. Naturwiss. 27: 148-153 (correction: 27:289) access 2000 Krink T, Vollrath F, Optimal area use in orb webs of the garden cross spider. Naturwiss. 87: 90-93. access 2000 Knight DP, Knight M, Vollrath F, Beta transition and stress-induced phase separation in the spinning of spider dragline silk. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 27: 205-210 access 2000 Kenney J., Knight D.P., Dicko C., Vollrath F. Linear and circular dichroism can help us to understand the molecular nature of spider silk. pp 123-126. Proceedings of the19th European Arachnology Conference access
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1999 Vollrath F, Knight DP, Structure and function of the silk production pathway in the spider Nephila edulis. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 24: 243-249 access 1999 Vollrath F, Biology of spider silk. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 24: 81-88 access 1999 van Beek JD, Kümmerlen J, Vollrath F, Meier BH, Supercontracted spider dragline silk: a solid state NMR study of the local structure. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 24: 173-178 access 1999 Sirichaisit J, Young RJ, Vollrath F, Molecular deformation in spider dragline silk subjected to stress. Polymers 41: 1223-1227. access 1999 Shao Z, Young RJ, Vollrath F, The effects of solvents on spider silk studied by mechanical testing and single-fibre Raman spectroscopy. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 24: 295-300 access 1999 Shao Z, Vollrath F, The effect of solvents on the contraction and mechanical properties of spider silk. Polymer 40: 1799-1806 access 1999 Shao Z, Vollrath F, Sirichaisit J, Young RJ, Analysis of spider silk in native and supercontracted states using Raman spectroscopy. Polymer 40: 2493-2500 access 1999 Shao Z, Hu XW, S Frische S, Vollrath F, Heterogeneous morphology in Nepila edulis spider silk and its significance for mechanical properties. Polymers 40: 4709-4711 access 1999 Riekel, C, Müller M,Vollrath F, In-situ X-ray diffraction studies during forced silking spider silk.Macromolecules 32: 4464-4466 access 1999 Madsen B, Shao Z, Vollrath F, Variability in the mechanical properties of spider silks on three levels: interspecific, intraspecific and intraindividual. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 24: 301-306 access 1999 Krink T, Vollrath, F, A virtual robot to model the use of regenerated legs in a web-building spider. Anim. Behav. 57: 223-241 access 1999 Krink T, Vollrath F, Spatial Orientation of virtual Spider Robots by Object-oriented Rule-based Simulations. IEEE Intelligent Systems 14: 77-84 access 1999 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Liquid crystals and flow elongation in a spider's silk production line. Proc. Roy. Soc. 266: 519-523 access 1999 Knight DP, Vollrath F, Hexagonal columnar liquid crystals in the cells secreting spider silk. Tissue and Cell 31:617-620 access 1999 Frische S, Maunsbach A, Vollrath F, Elongate cavities and skin-core structure in Nephila spider silk observed by electron microscopy. J. Microscopy 189: 64-70 access
1998 Young RJ, J Sirichaisit J, Shao Z, Vollrath F, Analysis of structure/property relationships in spider silk using Raman spectroscopy. pp 1-7 in The New Polymers: Science, Technology & Applications, Institute of Physics, Brighton 1998 Weissmann M, Vollrath F, The effect of leg loss on orb spider growth. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc. 11: 92-94 1998 Vollrath F, Sex-linked differences in the pattern of growth in Nephila clavipes.. pp 161-66 in: Proc. 17th Europ. Coll. Arachnol. (Edinburgh) 1998 Vollrath F, Dwarf males. Trend. Ecol. Evolution 13: 159-163 access 1998 Vollrath F, Hu XW, Knight DP, Silk production in a spider involves acid bath treatment. Proc. Roy Soc. 263: 817-820 access 1998 Uhl G, Vollrath F, Little evidence for size dependant sexual cannibalism in two Nephila species. Zoology 101: 101-106 1998 Uhl G, Vollrath F, Genital morphology of Nephila edulis: implications for sperm competition in spiders. Can. J. Zool. 76: 39-47. access 1998 Schneider J, Vollrath F, The effect of prey type on the geometry of the capture web of Araneus diadematus. Naturwissenschaften. 85: 391-394 access 1998 Maynes E, Mann S, Vollrath F, Fabrication of magnetic spider silk and other silk-fiber composites using inorganic nanoparticles. Advanced Materials 10: 801-805 access 1998 Krink T, Vollrath F, Emergent properties in the orb web of the garden cross spider Araneus diadematus Proc. Roy Soc. 265: 2051-2055
1997 Vollrath F, Samu F, The effect of starvation on the web geometry of an orb weaving spider. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc. 10: 295-298 1997 Vollrath F, Krink T, En edderkops gang gennem det evolutionaere landskab. Naturens Verden 1997: 440-453 1997 Vollrath F, Parker GA, Giant female or dwarf male spiders? Nature 385: 688 access 1997 Vollrath F, Downes M, Krakow S, Design variability in web-geometry of an orb-weaving spider. Physiol. Behav. 62: 735-743 access 1997 Shao Z, Vollrath F, The mechanics of conditioned silks. pp 262-265 in Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers. The Institute of Materials, London 1997 Krink T, Vollrath F, Analysing spider web-building behaviour with rule-based simulations and genetic algorithms. J. theor. Biol. 185: 321-331 access 1997 Hutchinson JM, McNamara JM, Houston AI, Vollrath F, Dyar's rule and the investment principle:Optimal moulting strategies if feeding rate is size-dependent and growth is discontinous. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B 352: 113-138 access 1996 Vollrath F Edderkoppespind - et kemisk og biomechanisk viduer. Naturens Verden 10: 371-376 1996 Abraham, J., Medenwaldt R, Uggerhoj U, Guttmann P, Hjort T, Jensenius J, Vorup-Jensen T, Vollrath F, Søgaard E, Tyge Møller J, X-ray Microscpy in Aarhus pp in X-ray Microscopy and Spectromiscroscopy - XRM 96 (eds J Thieme et al.) Springer Verlag, Heidelberg
1996 Vollrath F, Köhler T, Mecahnics of silk produced by loaded spiders. Proc. Roy. Soc. 263: 387-391 access 1996 Vollrath F, Holtet T, Thøgersen HC, Frische S, Structural organization of spider silk. Proc. Roy. Soc. 263: 147-151 access 1996 Kümmerlen, J, van Beek JD, F. Vollrath F, Meier BH, The local structure in spider dragline silk investigated by two-dimensional spin-diffusion nuclear magnetic resonance. Macromolecules 29: 2920-2928 access
1995 Vollrath F & Edmonds D Elastic properties of spider's capture silk. Naturwissenschaften 82: 379-380 access 1995 Vollrath F & M Milinski Fragrant genes help Damenwahl Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10: 307-308 access 1995 Downes M & F Vollrath Foxes, hedgehogs and modern natural history Flora og Fauna 100: 123-126 1995 Zschokke S, Vollrath F, Web construction patterns in a range of orb weaving spiders Europ. J. Entomol. 92: 523-541 1995 Zschokke S, Vollrath F, Unfreezing the behaviour of web spiders. Behav. Physiol. 58: 1167-1173 access 1995 Vollrath F Lyriform organs on regenerated legs of the garden cross spider. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 10, 115-118 1995 Lin, L, D Edmonds & F Vollrath Structural engineering of a spider's web. Nature 373: 146-148 access 1995 Köhler, T & F Vollrath Thread biomechanics in the two orb weaving spiders Araneus diadematus (Araneae, Araneidae) and Uloborus walckenaerius (Araneae, Uloboridae). J. exp. Zool. 271: 1-17 access 1995 Fels D, A ap Rhisisart & F Vollrath The selfish crouton. Behavior access
1994 Vollrath F General Properties of spider silk. pp 17-28 in. Silks Polymers: Materials Science and Biotechnology. (eds: DL Kaplan, WW Adams, C Viney and BL Farmer) ACS Books, Washington 1994 Rhisiart A ap & F Vollrath Design features of a spider's orb web. Behav. Ecol. 5: 280-287 1994 Vollrath F, To catch a fly. Science and Public Affairs 94; 20-24
1993 Vollrath F, Spinnenseide - Superwerkstoff der Natur pp.1-18 in : Kunststoffe im Automobilbau. VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf 1993 Vollrath F, Spidersilk - a natural polymer, and more. pp 1-16 in: Plastics in Engineering L. Vollrath ed., VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf 1992 Vollrath F, Parker GA, Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders. Nature 360: 156-159 access 1992 Vollrath F, Spider webs and silks. Scientific American March 266: 46-52 1992 Vollrath F, Die Seiden und Netze von Spinnen. Spektrum der Wissenschaft May pp 82-89 1992 Vollrath F, Analysis and interpretation of orb spider exploration and web-building behaviour. Adv. Study Behav. 21: 147-199 1992 Samu, F, Matthews G, D Lake D, Vollrath F, Spider webs are efficient collectors of agrochemical spray. Pesticide Sci. 36: 47-51 access 1992 Samu F, Vollrath F, Spider orb webs as bioassays for agrochemicals. Ent. Appl. Exp. 62:117-124 access 1992 Hurst L, Vollrath F, Sex ratio adjustment in solitary and social spiders. Trends Ecol. Evol. 7: 326-327 access 1992 Gotts N, Vollrath F, Physical and theoretical features in the simulation of animal behaviour, e.g. the spider’s web. Cybernet.System. 23:41-65 1992 Edmonds D, Vollrath F, The contribution of atmospheric water vapour to the formation and efficiency of a spider's capture web. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 248:145-148 access 1992 Bonthrone KM, Vollrath F, Hunter B, Sanders JKM, The elasticity of spider’s webs is due to water-induced mobility at a molecular level. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 248: 141-144 access 1992 Vollrath F, Spider webs and silks. Scientific American March 266: 46-52 1992 Vollrath F, Parker GA, Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders. Nature 360: 156-159 access
1991 Vollrath F, Tillinghast E, Glycoprotein glue beneath a spider web's aqueous coat. Naturwissenschaften. 78:557-559 access 1991 Gotts N, Vollrath F, Artificial intelligence modelling of web-building in the garden cross spider. J. theor. Biol. 152: 485-511 access
1990 Vollrath F, Leg regeneration in web spiders and its implications for orb weaver phylogeny. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc. 8: 177-184 1990 Vollrath F, Fairbrother WJ, Williams RJP, Tillinghast EK, Bernstein DT, Gallager KS, Townley MA, Compounds in the droplets of the orb spider's viscid spiral. Nature 345:526-528 access
1980's <back to top>
1989 Vollrath F, Edmonds D, Modulation of the mechanical properties of spider silk by coating with water. Nature 340:305-307 access
1988 Vollrath F, Spiral orientation of Araneus diadematus orb webs build during vertical rotation. J. Comp. Physiol. A 162:413-419 access 1988 Vollrath F, Spider growth as an indicator of habitat quality. Bull. Br.Arachnol. Soc. 7:217-219
1987 Vollrath F, Kleptobiosis in spiders. pp 274-286 in Ecophysiology of Spiders. (ed. W. Nentwig), Springer Heidelberg 1987 Vollrath F, Foraging, growth and reproductive success. pp 357-370 in Ecophysiology of Spiders. (ed. W Nentwig), Springer Heidelberg 1987 Vollrath F, Untangling the spider's web. Trends Ecol. Evol. 3:331-335 access 1987 Vollrath F, Altered geometry of web in spiders with regenerated legs. Nature 328:247-248 access
1986 Vollrath F & Windsor D Colony defence in a social and in a subsocial spider. pp 295-298, in: Proc. 9th Internatl. Arachnol. Congress. (WG Eberhard, YD Lubin, BC Robinson eds.), Smithsonian Press, Washington DC 1986 Vollrath F, Houston A, Previous experience and site tenacity in the orb spider Nephila clavipes. Oecologia 70:305-308 access 1986 Vollrath F, Gravity as orientation guide during web-construction in the orb spider Araneus diadematus. J. Comp. Physiol. A 159:275-280 access 1986 Vollrath F, Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius . Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 18:283-287 access 1986 Vollrath F, Environment, reproduction and sex ratios in the social spider Anelosimus eximius. J. Arachnol. 14:267-281 access
1985 Vollrath F, Mohren W, Spiral geometry of the garden spider's orb web. Naturwissenschaften 72:666-667 access 1985 Vollrath F, Web spider's dilemma: a risky move or site dependent growth. Oecologia 68:69-72 access
1984 Vollrath F, Kleptoparasitism in Invertebrates. pp 61-94, in Producers and Scroungers: Strategies of Exploitation and Parasitism. (ed. C Barnard) Chrom Helm,
1983 Vollrath F, Rohde-Arndt D, Prey capture and the distribution of food in the social spider Anelosimus eximius. Z. Tierpsychol. 61:334-340 1983 Vollrath F, Relative and absolute growth in Nephila clavipes. pp 277-289 in Taxonomy, Biology and Ecology of Araneae. (ed. O Kraus), Verhandl. Naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg vol. 26
1982 Vollrath F, Colony foundation in a social spider. Z. Tierpsychol. 60:313-324
1981 Vollrath F, Energetic considerations of a spider parasite - spider host system. Rev. Arachnol. 3:37-44
1980 Vollrath F, Male body size and fitness in the web-building spider Nephila clavipes. Z Tierpsychol. 53:61-78 1980 Vollrath F, Why are some spider males small? pp 165-169, in: Verh. 8th Internat.Arachnol. Congress, (ed. J Gruber), Egermann, Wien
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1979 Vollrath F, Vibrations: Their signal function for a spider kleptoparasite. Science 205:1149-1151 access 1979 Vollrath F, Behaviour of the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes elevatus. Animal Behav. 27-515-521 access 1978 Vollrath F, Behaviour of two kleptoparasitic species of the genus Argyrodes (Araneidae, Theridiidae). abstract in Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 42:483 1978 Vollrath F, A close relationship between two spiders: Curimagua bayano synecious on a Diplura sp. Psyche 85:347-353 1976 Vollrath F, Konkurrenzvermeidung bei tropischen kleptoparasitischen Haubennetzspinnen der Gattung Argyrodes. Ent. Germ. 3:104-108 1976 Vollrath F, Delius JD, Vestibular projections to the thalamus of the pigeon. Brain, Behav., Evol. 13:58-68 access 1973 Delius JD, Vollrath F, Rotation compensating reflexes independent of the labyrinth: neurosensory correlates in pigeons. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 83:123-134 access
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