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2021 Mulder, T., Wilkins, L., Mortimer, B. and Vollrath, F. - Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour. The Science of Nature/Naturwissenschaften 108;20 Open access 2020 Vollrath, F. and Krink, T. - Spider webs inspiring soft robotics. Journal of the Royal Society Interface e20200569 ; Open access Associated apps available here. 2020 Mulder, T., Mortimer, B. and Vollrath, F. - Functional flexibility in a spider’s orb web. Journal of Experimental Biology 223 Open access
2019 Frydrych, M., Greenhalgh, A. and Vollrath, F. - Artificial spinning of natural silk threads. Scientific Reports 9:(1) Open access 2019 Fu, C., Wang, Y., Guan, J., Chen, X., Vollrath, F. and Shao, Z. - Cryogenic toughness of natural silk and a proposed structure–function relationship. Materials Chemistry 3:(11) Open access 2019 Mi, R., Shao, Z. and Vollrath, F. - Creating artificial Rhino Horns from Horse Hair. Scientific Reports 9:(1) Open access 2019 Mortimer, B. - A Spider’s Vibration Landscape: Adaptations to Promote Vibrational Information Transfer in Orb Webs. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59:(6) access
2018 Holland, C., Hawkins, N., Frydrych, M., Laity, P., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Native Silk Feedstock. Macromol Biosci. Open access 2018 Mortimer, B., Soler, A., Siviour, C.R., & Vollrath, F. - Remote monitoring of vibrational information in spider webs. The Science of Nature 105: (37) access 2018 Woods, A.K., Broomfield, J., Monk, P., Vollrath, F. & Glyn-Jones, S. - Dynamic shear analysis: a novel method to determine mechanical integrity of normal and torn human acetabular labra Bone Joint Res. 7: 440–446 access 2018 Hey Tow, K., Chow, D., Vollrath, F., Dicaire, I., Gheysens, T. & Thévenaz, L. - Exploring the Use of Native Spider Silk as an Optical Fiber for Chemical Sensing. J. Lightwave Technol. 36: (4) 1138-1144 access 2018 Shimanovich, U., Pinotsi, D., Shimanovich, K., Yu, N., Bolisetty, S., Adamcik, J., Mezzenga, R., Charmet, J., Vollrath, F. & Gazit, E. et al - Biophotonics of Native Silk Fibrils. Macromolecular bioscience 18: (4) access 2018 Wang, J., Guan, J., Hawkins, N. & Vollrath, F. - Analysing the structure and glass transition behaviour of silks for archaeology and conservation. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 15: (139) access 2018 Vollrath, F., Mi, R. & Shah, D.U. - Ivory as an Important Model Bio-composite Curator: The Museum Journal 61 (1): 95-110 access
2017 Shimanovich, U., Ruggeri, S.F., De Genst, E., Adamcik, J., Barros, T.P., Porter, D., Muller, T., Mezzenga, R., Dobson, C.M., Vollrath, F., Holland, C. & Knowles, T.P.J. - Silk micrococoons for protein stabilisation and molecular encapsulation Nature Comms, 8: 15902 access 2017 Cotton, L.J., Vollrath, F., Brasier, M.D. & Dicko, C. - Chemical relationships of ambers using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Geo. Soc. London, Special Publications, 448 access 2017 Koebley, S.R., Vollrath, F. & Schniepp, H.C. - Toughness-enhancing metastructure in the recluse spider's looped ribbon silk. Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4: 377-382 access 2017 Woodcock, J.W., Beams, R., Davis, S.D., Chen, N., Stranick, S.J., Shah, D.U., Vollrath, F. & Gilman, J.W. - Observation of Interfacial Damage in a Silk-Epoxy Composite, Using a Simple Mechanoresponsive Fluorescent Probe Advanced Materials Interfaces 4:10 access 2017 Elettro, H., Neukirch, S., Vollrath, F. & Antkowiak, A. - Drop-on-coilable-fibre systems exhibit negative stiffness events and transitions in coiling morphology. Soft Matter access 2017 Guan, J., Zhu, W., Liu, B., Yang, K., Vollrath, F. & Xu, J. - Comparing the microstructure and mechanical properties of Bombyx mori and Antheraea pernyi cocoon composites Acta Biomaterialia, 47: 60-70 access
2016 Monks, JN., Yan, B., Hawkins, N., Vollrath, F. & Wang, Z. - Spider Silk: Mother Nature’s Bio-Superlens Nano Lett, 16: 5842–5845 access 2016 Smitthipong, W., Suethao, S., Shah, D. & Vollrath, F. - Interesting green elastomeric composites: Silk textile reinforced natural rubber Polymer Testing, 55: 17–24 access 2016 Kraznov, I., Seydel, T., Greving, I., Blankenburg, M., Müller, M. & Vollrath, F. - Strain-dependent fractional molecular diffusion in humid spider silk fibres, J. R. Soc. Interface, 13 (122) access 2016 Hey Tow, K., Chow, D., Vollrath, F., Dicaire, I., Gheysens, T. & Thévenaz, L. - From spider webs to a fibre-optic chemical sensor EPFL Conference paper access 2016 Hey Tow, K., Chow, D., Vollrath, F., Dicaire, I., Gheysens, T. & Thévenaz, L. - Weaving our way towards a new generation of fibre-optic chemical sensors based on spider silk EPFL Conference paper access 2016 Hey Tow, K., Chow, D., Vollrath, F., Dicaire, I., Gheysens, T. & Thévenaz, L. - Towards a novel "silky" way to detect chemical species using spider threads EPFL Conference paper access 2016 Offord, C., Vollrath, F. & Holland, C. - Environmental effects on the construction and physical properties of Bombyx mori cocoons Journal of Materials Science51 (24): 10863–10872 access 2016 Dicko, C., Kasoju, N., Hawkins, N., & Vollrath, F. - Differential scanning fluorimetry illuminates silk feedstock stability and processability, Soft Matter, 12: 255-262 access 2016 Boulet-Audet, M., Holland, C., Gheysens, T. & Vollrath, F. - Dry-Spun Silk Produces Native-Like Fibroin Solutions Biomacromolecules, 17 (10): 3198–3204 access 2016 Vollrath, F. - The complexity of silk under the spotlight of synthetic biology Biochemical Society Transactions, 44 (4): 1151-1157 access; 2016 Kasoju, N., Hawkins, N., Pop-Georgievski, O., Kubies, D. & Vollrath, F. - Silk fibroin gelation via non-solvent induced phase separation Biomater. Sci., 4: 460-473 access 2016 Mortimer, B., Soler, A., Siviour, C. R., Zaera, R. and Vollrath, F. - Tuning the instrument: sonic properties in the spider’s web, J. R. Soc. Interface, 13 (22) access 2016 Guan, J., Wang, Y., Mortimer, B., Holland, C., Shao, Z., Porter, D. and Vollrath, F. - Glass transitions in native silk fibers studied by DMTA. Soft Matter, 12, pp. 5926-5936 access 2016 Elettro, H., Neukirch, S., Vollrath F. & Antkowiak, A. - In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid–liquid mechanical properties. PNAS, 113 (22): 6143-47 access
2015 Mortimer, B. & Holland, C. - The use of spider silk as a biomaterial. In: Basu, A. (ed.) Advances in Silk Science and Technology. Cambridge: Woodhead publishing 2015 Mortimer, B. & Vollrath, F. - Diversity and properties of key spider silks, Research & Knowledge, 1 (1): 32-42 access 2015 Mortimer, B. - Animal silks: denatured super proteins, Interface column in Biological Sciences Review, November issue. 2015 Mortimer, B., Holland, C., Windmill, J. F. C. & Vollrath, F. - Unpicking the signal thread of the sector web spider Zygiella x-notata. J. R. Soc. Interface, 12: 113 access 2015 Dicko, C., Kasoju, N., Hawkins, N. & Vollrath, F. - Differential scanning fluorimetry illuminates silk feedstock stability and processability. Soft Matter, advance access 2015 Boulet-Audet M., Vollrath F., & Holland C. - Identification and classification of silks using infrared spectroscopy. J. Exp. Biol., 218: 3138-3149 access 2015 Vollrath, F. - Spider Silk Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, 1-11 access 2015 Astudillo, M., Thalwitz, G. & Vollrath, F. - Modern analysis of an ancient integrated farming arrangement: life cycle assessment of a mulberry dyke and pond system The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20 (10): 1387–1398 access 2015 Shah, D., Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Silk cocoons as natural macro-balloon fillers in novel polyurethane-based syntactic foams Polymer, 56: 93–101 access 2015 Elettro H., Vollrath F., Antkowiak A.,& Neukirch S., - Coiling of an elastic beam inside a disk: A model for spider-capture silk. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 75: 59-66 access 2015 Elettro H., Neukirch S., Antkowiak A., & Vollrath F., - Adhesion of dry and wet electrostatic capture silk of uloborid spider. Sci. Nat., 102: 41 access 2015 Koebley S.R., Thorpe D., Pang P., Chrisochoides P., Greving I., Fritz Vollrath F., & Schniepp, H.C., - Silk reconstitution disrupts fibroin self-assembly. Biomacromolecules, 16 (9): 2796-2804 access 2015 Mortimer, B., Guan, J., Holland, C., Porter, D., & Vollrath, F. - Linking naturally and unnaturally spun silks through the forced reeling of Bombyx mori. Acta Biomaterialia, 11: 247-255 access paper and audio slides 2015 Kronenberger, K. & Vollrath, F. - Spiders spinning electrically charged nano-fibres. Biology Letters, 11: 20140813 access
2014 Shah, D.U., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Silk cocoons as natural macro-balloon fillers in novel polyurethane-based syntactic foams. Polymer. access 2014 Shah, D.U., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Can silk become an effective reinforcing fibre? A property comparison with flax and glass reinforced composites. Composites Science and Technology, 101: 173-183. access 2014 Vollrath, F., Hawkins, N., Porter, D., Holland, C. & Boulet-Audet, M. - Differential Scanning Fluorimetry provides high throughput data on silk protein transitions. Scientific Reports, 4: 5625. access 2014 Shah, D.U., Vollrath, F., Porter, D., Stires, J. & Deheyn D.D. - Housing tubes from the marine worm, Chaetopterus sp.: biomaterials with exceptionally broad thermo-mechanical properties. Journal of Royal Society Interface, 11(98): 20140525. access 2014 Astudillo, M.F., Thalwitz, G. & Vollrath, F. - Life cycle assessment of Indian silk. Journal of Cleaner Production, 81: 158-167. access 2014 Mortimer, B., Gordon, S.D., Holland, C., Siviour, C.R., Vollrath, F., & Windmill, J.F. - The speed of sound in silk: Linking material performance to biological function. Advanced Materials, 26 (30): 5179-5183 access 2014 Shah, D.U. - Natural fibre composites: Comprehensive Ashby-type materials selection charts. Materials and Design, 62: 21-31. access 2014 Shah, D.U., Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Opportunities for silk textiles in reinforced biocomposites: Studying through-thickness compaction behaviour. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 62: 1-10. access 2014 Holland, C., Vollrath, F. & Gill, H. - Horses and cows might teach us about human knees. Naturwissenschaften 101 (4): 351-354 access 2014 Boulet-Audet, M., Terry, A., Vollrath, F. & Holland, C. - Silk protein aggregation kinetics revealed by Rheo-IR. Acta Biomaterialia, 10 (2): 776-784 access
2013 Vollrath, F. & Edmonds, D. - Consequences of Electrical Conductivity in an Orb Spider’s Capture Web. Naturwissenschaften, 100 (12): 1163-1169 access 2013 Bauer, G., Friedrich, C., Gillig, C., Vollrath, F., Speck, T. & Holland, C. - Investigating the rheological properties of native plant latex. J. R. Soc. Interface, 11: 20130847 access 2013 Guan, J., Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Silk quality revealed using Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA). in '6th BACSA International Conference: Building Value Chains in Sericulture'. Padua, Italy. access 2013 Vollrath, F., Carter, R., Rajesh G.K., Thalwitz, G. & Astudillo, M.F. - Life Cycle Analysis of Cumulative Energy Demand on Sericulture in Karnataka, India. in '6th BACSA International Conference: Building Value Chains in Sericulture'. Padua, Italy. access 2013 Chen, F., Hesselberg, T., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - The impact behaviour of silk cocoons Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 2648-2657 access 2013 Wang, Y., Porter, D. & Shao, Z. - Using Solvents with Different Molecular Sizes to Investigate the Structure of Antheraea Pernyi Silk. Biomacromolecules, 14 (11): 3936-3942 access 2013 Guan, J., Porter, P. & Vollrath, F. - Spider silk morphology for responsive materials Materials Research Society, 1498: 197-202 access 2013 Mortimer, B., Holland, C. & Vollrath, F. - Forced Reeling of Bombyx mori Silk: Separating Behavior and Processing Conditions. Biomacromolecules, 14 (10): 3653-3659 access 2013 Schniepp, H.C., Koebley, S.R. & Vollrath, F. - Brown Recluse Spider’s Nanometer Scale Ribbons of Stiff Extensible Silk. Advanced Materials, 25 (48): 7028-7032 access 2013 Davies, G.J.G., Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Chitin in the Silk Gland Ducts of the Spider Nephila edulis and the Silkworm Bombyx mori. PLOS ONE, 8 (8): e73225 access 2013 Shah, D.U. - Developing plant fibre composites for structural applications by optimising composite parameters: a critical review. Journal of Materials Science, 48 (18): 6083-6107 access 2013 Davies, G.J.G., Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Structure and function of the major ampullate spinning duct of the golden orb weaver, Nephila edulis. Tissue and Cell, 45 (5): 306-311 access 2013 Guan, J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Thermally Induced Changes in Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Native Silks. Biomacromolecules, 14 (3): 930-937 access 2013 Mortimer, B., Drodge, D.R., Dragnevski, K.I., Siviour, C.R. & Holland, C. - In situ tensile tests of single silk fibres in an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). Journal of Materials Science, 48 (14): 5055-5062 access 2013 Horrocks, N.P.C., Vollrath, F. & Dicko, C. - The silkmoth cocoon as humidity trap and waterproof barrier. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol., 164 (4): 645-652 access 2013 Vollrath, F., Porter, D. & Holland, C. - The Science Of Silks. MRS Bulletin, 38 (1): 73-80 access 2013 Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Water mediated proton hopping empowers proteins. Softmatter, 9 (3): 643-646 access 2013 Porter, D., Guan, J. & Vollrath, F. - Spider Silk: super material or thin fibre? Advanced Materials, 25 (9): 1275-1279 access
2012 Yang, Y., Dicko, C., Bain, C.D., Gong, Z., Jacobs, R.M.J., Shao, Z., Terry, A.E. & Vollrath, F. - Behavior of silk protein at the air–water interface. Soft Matter, 8 (37): 9705-9712 access 2012 Hesselberg, T. & Vollrath, F. - The mechanical properties of the non-sticky spiral in Nephila orb webs (Araneae, Nephilidae). J. Exp. Biol., 215 (19): 3362-3369 access 2012 Drodge, D.R., Mortimer, B., Holland, C. & Siviour, C.R. - Ballistic Impact to Access the High-Rate Behaviour of Individual Silk Fibres. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 60 (10): 1710-1721 access 2012 Chen, F., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Structure and physical properties of silkworm cocoons. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 9 (74): 2299-2308 access 2012 Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Water mobility, denaturation and the glass transition in proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins & Proteomics, 1824 (6): 785–791 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 Teshome, A., Vollrath, F., Rainaa, S., Kabaruc, J. & Onyaric, J. - Study on the microstructure of African wild silk cocoon shells and fibers International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 50 (1): 63–68 access 2012 Teshome, A., Onyari, J., Raina, S., Kabaru, J. & Vollrath, F. - Mechanical and thermal degradation properties of silk from African wild silkmoths Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 127 (1): 289–297 access 2012 Chaudhury S., Dicko C., Vollrath F. & Carr A. - Determining chemical differences between torn and normal rotator cuff tendons using forier transfrom infared spectroscopy Orthopaedic Proceedings, 94-B access 2012 Chaudhury, S., Holland, C., Porter, D., Vollrath, F. & A J Carr. - Are they tough enough? A comparison of how the shear mechanical properties of rotator cuff repair patches match normal and torn cuff tendons Orthopaedic Proceedings, 94-B access 2012 Guan, J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load. Polymer, 53 (13): 2717–2726 access 2012 Chen, F., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Silk Cocoon: Multilayer structure and mechanical properties (Bombyx mori). Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (7): 2620-2627 access 2012 Chen, F. J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Morphology and structure of silkworm cocoons. Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, 32 (4): 772-778 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 (9): 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, N.C., Hussain, M., Arastoo, M., Yang, Q., Robson, L.G., Lesage, S., Gheysens, T., Skaer, N.J., Knight, D.P. & Priestley, J.V. - Regenerative potential of silk conduits in repair of peripheral nerve injury in adult rats. Biomaterials, 33 (1): 59-71 access
2011 Boulet-Audet, M. & Holland, C. - The African crested rat poisonous hairs studied by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. Spectroscopy Europe, 3 (6): 10-12 access 2011 Vollrath, F. - Super-materials made by silkworms. Oxford Impacts, access 2011 Turner, J., Vollrath, F. & Hesselberg, T. - Wind speed affects prey-catching behaviour in an orb web spider. Naturwissenschaften, 98 (12): 1063-1067 access 2011 Kronenberger, K., Dicko, C. & Vollrath, F. - A novel marine silk. Naturwissenschaften, 99 (1): 3-10 access 2011 Guan, J., Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction in Nephila Spider Dragline Silk. Biomacromolecules, 12 (11): 4030–4035 access 2011 Chaudhury, S., Dicko, C., Burgess, M., Vollrath, F. & Carr, A.J. - 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, 21 (9): 1168–1176 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, T., 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, 279 (1729): 675-80 access 2011 Gheysens, T., Collins, A., Raina, S., Vollrath, F. & Knight, D.P. - 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 (1): 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 (9): 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 (4): 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. & 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 Foreman, J.P., Porter, D., Behzadi, S., Curtis, P.T. & Jones, F.R. - 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 (18): 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 Vollrath, F. - Silk evolution untangled Nature 466: 319 access 2010 Chen, F., Porter, D. & Vollrath. - Silkworm cocoons inspire models for random fiber and particulate composites. Physical Review E 82 (4): 0419111-0419116 access 2010 Hakimi, O., Gheysens, T., Vollrath, F., Grahn, M., Knight, D. & Vadgama, P. - Modulation of cell growth on exposure to silkworm and spider silk fibers. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 92A (4): 1366–1372 access
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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 Liu, Y., Shao, Z. & Vollrath, F. - Elasticity of Spider Silks Biomacromolecules, 9 (7): 1782–1786 access 2008 Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - The role of kinetics of water and amide bonding in protein stability. Soft Matter, 4 (2): 328-336 access 2008 Brookes, V., Young, R. & Vollrath F. - Deformation micromechanics of spider silk Journal of Materials Science, 43:3728 access 2008 Holland, C. & Vollrath F. - Biomimetic principles of spider silk for high performance fibres. Chapter 7 in Biologically Inspired Textiles. Eds Ellison, M.S., Abbott, A.G., Woodhead Publishing
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2006 Grip, S., Rising, A., Nimmervoll, H., Storckenfeldt, E., Mcqueen-mason, S.J., Pouchkina-stantcheva, N., Vollrath, F., Engström, W. & Fernandez-arias, A. - Transient Expression of a Major Ampullate Spidroin 1s Gene Fragment from Euprosthenops sp. in Mammalian Cells, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics, 3: 84-88 access 2006 Dicko, C., Kenney, J. & Vollrath, F. - Beta-Silks: Enhancing and controlling aggregation. Fibrous Proteins: Amyloids, Prions and Beta- proteins; Advances in Protein Chemistry, 73: 17-53 access 2006 Holland, C., Terry, A., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Comparing the rheology of native spider and silkworm dope. Nature Materials, 5 (11): 870-874 access 2006 Chen, X., Shao, Z.Z. & Vollrath, F. - Spinning processes for spider silk. Soft Matter, 2 (6): 448–451 access 2006 Emile, O. Floch, A.L. & Vollrath, F. - Shape memory in spider draglines. Nature, 440 (7084): 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, D. - Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer. Soft Matter, 2 (5): 377-385 access 2006 Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Spider silk as a model biomaterial. Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 82 (2): 205-212 access
2005 Sapede, D., Seydel, T., Forsyth, T., Koza, M.M., Schweins, R., Vollrath, F. & Riekel,C. - Nanofibrillar structure and molecular mobility in spider dragline silk. Macromolecules, 38 (20): 8447-8453 access 2005 Liu, Y., Shao, Z.Z. & Vollrath, F. - Relationships between supercontraction and the mechanical properties of spider silk. Nature Materials, 4 (12): 901-905 access 2005 Liu, Y., Shao, Z. & Vollrath, F. - Extended wet-spinning can modify spider silk properties. Chemical Communications, (19): 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 (10): 772-5 access 2005 Sponner, A., Schlott, B., Vollrath, F., Unger, E., Grosse, F. & Weisshart, K. - Characterization of the Protein Components of Nephila clavipes dragline silk. Biochemistry, 44 (12): 4727-4736 access 2005 Peng, X., Shao, Z., Chen, X., Knight, D.P., Wu, P. & Vollrath, F. - Further Investigation on Potassium-Induced Conformation Transition of Nephila Spidroin Film with Two-Dimensional Infrared Correlation Spectroscopy. Biomacromolecules, 6 (1): 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 (2): 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, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Toughness of spider silk at high and low temperatures. Advanced Materials, 17 (1): 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 (3): 840-5 access 2004 Vollrath, F. & Knight, D.P. - 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, D.P., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - pH induced changes in the rheology of silk fibroin solution from the middle division of Bombyx mori Silkworm. Biomacromolecules, 5 (3): 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 (22): 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, 91 (1): 30-33 access 2004 Hronsky, M., van Beek, J.D., Williamson, P.T.F., Vollrath, F. & Meier, B.H. - NMR characterization of native liquid spider dragline silk from Nephila edulis. Biomacromol., 5 (3): 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, 82 (2-3): 519-529 access 2004 Dicko, C., Knight, D., Kenney, J.M. & Vollrath, F. - Transition to a beta-sheet-rich Structure in Spidroin in Vitro: The Effects of pH and Cations. Biochemistry, 43 (44): 14080-87 access 2004 Dicko, C., Kenney, J.M. & Vollrath, F. - Secondary Structures and Conformational Changes in Flagelliform, Cylindrical, Major, and Minor Ampullate Silk Proteins. Temperature and Concentration Effects. Biomacromolecules, 5 (6): 2105-2115 access 2004 Dicko, C., Knight, D., Kenney, J.M. & Vollrath, F. - Structural conformation of spidroin in solution: A synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study. Biomacromolecules, 5 (3): 758-767 access 2004 Dicko, C., Kenney, J.M. & 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, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Copper in the silk formation process of Bombyx mori silkworm. FEBS Letters, 554 (3): 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, D.P. & 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, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk. pp115-135 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, D.P. & 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 (4): 625-629. abstract 2003 Shao, Z., Yang, Y. & Vollrath, F. - Structure and behaviour of regenerated spider silk. Macromolecules, 36 (4): 1157-1161 access
2002 Vollrath, F., Barth, P., Basedow, W., Engström, W. & List, H. - Local tolerance to spider silks and protein polymers. In Vivo, 16 (4): 229-234 abstract 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, J.D., Hess, S., Vollrath, F. & Maier, B.H. - The molecular structure of spider dragline silk: folding and orientation of the protein backbone. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 99 (16): 10266-10271 access 2002 Shao, Z. & Vollrath, F. - Surprising strength of silkworm silk. Nature, 418 (6899): 741 access 2002 Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 357 (1418): 219-228 access 2002 Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Biological liquid crystal elastomers. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 357 (1418): 155-163 access 2002 Kenney, J., Knight, D.P., Wise, M. & Vollrath, F. - Amyloidogenic nature of spider silk. Eur. J. Biochem., 269 (16): 4159–4163 access 2002 Chen, X., Shao, Z., Knight, D.P. & 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 (12): 2203-2208 abstract 2002 Chen, X., Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Rheological characterization of Nephila spidroin solution. Biomacromol., 3 (4): 644-648 access 2002 Chen, X., Knight, D.P., 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 (5): 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 (1483): 2339-2346 access 2001 Vollrath, F. & Knight, D.P. - Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk. Nature, 410 (6828): 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 (3): 203-210 access 2001 Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Comparison of liquid crystal spinning of Selachian egg case ply sheets and orb web spider dragline filaments. Biomacromol., 2 (2): 323-334 access 2001 Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Changes in element composition along the spinning duct in a Nephia spider. Naturwissenschaften, 88 (4): 179-182 access 2001 Chen, X., Knight, D.P., Shao, Z. & Vollrath, F. - Regenerated Bombyx silk solutions studied with rheometry and FTIR. Polymer, 42 (25): 9969-9974 access
2000 Vollrath, F. - Strength and structure of spiders' silks. Rev. Molec. Biotech., 74 (2): 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, 251 (1): 7-14 access 2000 Riekel, C., Madsen, B., Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - X-ray Diffraction on Spider Silk during Controlled Extrusion under a Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Beam. Biol. Macromol., 1 (4): 622-626 access 2000 Madsen, B. & Vollrath, F. - Mechanics and morphology of silk drawn from anaesthetised spiders. Naturwiss., 87 (3): 148-153 access 2000 Krink, T. & Vollrath, F. - Optimal Area Use in Orb Webs of the Spider Araneus diadematus. Naturwiss., 87 (2): 90-93. access 2000 Knight, D.P., Knight, M.M. & Vollrath, F. - Beta transition and stress-induced phase separation in the spinning of spider dragline silk. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 27 (3): 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
1990s <back to top> 1999 Vollrath, F. & Knight, D.P. - Structure and function of the silk production pathway in the spider Nephila edulis. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 24 (2-3): 243-249 access 1999 Vollrath, F. - Biology of spider silk. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 24 (2-3): 81-88 access 1999 van Beek, J.D., Kümmerlen, J., Vollrath, F. & Meier, B.H. - Supercontracted spider dragline silk: a solid state NMR study of the local structure. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 24 (2-3): 173-178 access 1999 Sirichaisit, J., Young, R.J. & Vollrath, F. - Molecular deformation in spider dragline silk subjected to stress. Polymer, 41 (3): 1223-1227. access 1999 Shao, Z., Young, R.J. & Vollrath, F. - The effects of solvents on spider silk studied by mechanical testing and single-fibre Raman spectroscopy. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 24 (2-3): 295-300 access 1999 Shao, Z. & Vollrath, F. - The effect of solvents on the contraction and mechanical properties of spider silk. Polymer, 40 (7): 1799-1806 access 1999 Shao, Z., Vollrath, F., Sirichaisit, J. & Young, R.J. - Analysis of spider silk in native and supercontracted states using Raman spectroscopy. Polymer, 40 (10): 2493-2500 access 1999 Shao, Z., Hu, X.W., Frische, S. & Vollrath, F. - Heterogeneous morphology in Nepila edulis spider silk and its significance for mechanical properties. Polymer, 40 (16): 4709-4711 access 1999 Riekel, C., Müller, M. & Vollrath, F. - In-situ X-ray diffraction studies during forced silking spider silk. Macromolecules, 32 (14): 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 (2-3): 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 (1): 223-241 access 1999 Krink, T. & Vollrath, F. - Spatial Orientation of virtual Spider Robots by Object-oriented Rule-based Simulations. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 14 (5): 77-84 access 1999 Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Liquid crystals and flow elongation in a spider's silk production line. Proc. Roy. Soc., 266 (1418): 519-523 access 1999 Knight, D.P. & Vollrath, F. - Hexagonal columnar liquid crystals in the cells secreting spider silk. Tissue and Cell, 31 (6): 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 (1): 64-70 access
1998 Young, R.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 (3): 92-94 BAS members access 1998 Vollrath, F. - Sex-linked differences in the pattern of growth in Nephila clavipes. pp 161-66 in: Proc. 17th Europ. Coll. Arachnol. (Edinburgh) access 1998 Vollrath, F. - Dwarf males. Trend. Ecol. Evolution, 13 (4): 159-163 access 1998 Vollrath, F., Hu, X.W. & Knight, D.P. - Silk production in a spider involves acid bath treatment. Proc. R. Soc. B., 265 (1398): 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 (1): 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 (8): 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 (10): 801-805 access 1998 Krink, T. & Vollrath, F. - Emergent properties in the behaviour of a virtual spider robot. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 265 (1410): 2051-2055 access
1997 Vollrath, F. & Samu, F. - The effect of starvation on the web geometry of an orb weaving spider. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc., 10 (8): 295-298 BAS members access 1997 Vollrath, F. & Krink, T. - En edderkops gang gennem det evolutionaere landskab. Naturens Verden, 1997 (11/12): 440-453 1997 Vollrath, F. & Parker, G.A. - Giant female or dwarf male spiders? Nature, 385 (6618): 688 access 1997 Vollrath, F., Downes, M. & Krakow, S. - Design variability in web-geometry of an orb-weaving spider. Physiol. Behav., 62 (4): 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 (3): 321-331 access 1997 Hutchinson, J.M., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I. & 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 (1349): 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., Møller, T. - X-ray Microscopy in Aarhus. 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 (1369): 387-391 access 1996 Vollrath, F., Holtet, T., Thøgersen, H.C. & Frische, S. - Structural organization of spider silk. Proc. Roy. Soc., 263 (1367): 147-151 access 1996 Kümmerlen, J., van Beek, J.D., Vollrath, F. & Meier, B.H. - The local structure in spider dragline silk investigated by two-dimensional spin-diffusion nuclear magnetic resonance. Macromolecules, 29 (8): 2920-2928 access
1995 Vollrath, F. & Edmonds, D. - Elastic properties of spider's capture silk. Naturwissenschaften, 82 (8): 379-380 access 1995 Vollrath, F. & Milinski, M. - Fragrant genes help Damenwahl. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (8): 307-308 access 1995 Downes, M. & Vollrath, F. - 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 (3): 523-541 access 1995 Zschokke, S. & Vollrath, F. - Unfreezing the behaviour of web spiders. Behav. Physiol., 58 (6): 1167-1173 access 1995 Vollrath, F. - Lyriform organs on regenerated legs of the garden cross spider. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 10 (3): 115-118 1995 Lin, L., Edmonds D. & Vollrath F. - Structural engineering of a spider's web. Nature, 373 (6510): 146-148 access 1995 Köhler, T. & Vollrath, F. - Thread biomechanics in the two orb weaving spiders Araneus diadematus (Araneae, Araneidae) and Uloborus walckenaerius (Araneae, Uloboridae). J. exp. Zool., 271 (1): 1-17 access 1995 Fels, D., ap Rhisisart, A. & Vollrath, F. - The selfish crouton. Behavior, 132 (1): 49-55 access
1994 Vollrath, F. - General Properties of spider silk. pp 17-28 in. Silks Polymers: Materials Science and Biotechnology. (eds: Kaplan, D.L., Adams, W.W., Viney, C. & Farmer, B.L.) ACS Books, Washington 1994 ap Rhisiart, A. & Vollrath, F. - Design features of a spider's orb web. Behav. Ecol., 5 (3): 280-287 access 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, G.A. - Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders. Nature, 360 (6400): 156-159 access 1992 Vollrath, F. - Spider webs and silks. Scientific American, March, 266:3 46-52 access 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 access 1992 Samu, F., Matthews, G., Lake, D. & Vollrath, F. - Spider webs are efficient collectors of agrochemical spray. Pesticide Sci., 36 (1): 47-51 access 1992 Samu, F. & Vollrath, F. - Spider orb webs as bioassays for pesticide side effects. Ent. Appl. Exp., 62 (2): 117-124 access 1992 Hurst, L. & Vollrath, F. - Sex ratio adjustment in solitary and social spiders. Trends Ecol. Evol., 7 (10): 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 (1): 41-65 access 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 (1322): 145-148 access 1992 Bonthrone, K.M., Vollrath, F., Hunter, B. & Sanders, J.K.M. - The elasticity of spider’s webs is due to water-induced mobility at a molecular level. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, 248 (1322): 141-144 access 1992 Vollrath, F. & Parker, G.A. - Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders. Nature, 360 (6400): 156-159 access
1991 Vollrath, F. & Tillinghast, E. - Glycoprotein glue beneath a spider web's aqueous coat. Naturwissenschaften., 78 (12): 557-559 access 1991 Gotts, N. & Vollrath, F. - Artificial intelligence modelling of web-building in the garden cross spider. J. Theor. Biol., 152 (4): 485-511 access
1990 Vollrath, F. - Leg regeneration in web spiders and its implications for orb weaver phylogeny. Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc., 8 (6): 177-184 1990 Vollrath, F., Fairbrother, W.J., Williams, R.J.P., Tillinghast, E.K., Bernstein, D.T., Gallager, K.S. & Townley, M.A. - Compounds in the droplets of the orb spider's viscid spiral. Nature, 345 (6275): 526-528 access
1980s <back to top>
1989 Vollrath, F. & Edmonds, D. - Modulation of the mechanical properties of spider silk by coating with water. Nature, 340 (6231): 305-307 access
1988 Vollrath, F. - Spiral orientation of Araneus diadematus orb webs build during vertical rotation. J. Comp. Physiol. A, 162 (3): 413-419 access 1988 Vollrath, F. - Spider growth as an indicator of habitat quality. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 7 (7): 217-219
1987 Vollrath, F. - Kleptobiosis in spiders. pp 274-286 in Ecophysiology of Spiders. (ed. W. Nentwig), Springer Heidelberg access 1987 Vollrath, F. - Foraging, growth and reproductive success. pp 357-370 in Ecophysiology of Spiders. (ed. W Nentwig), Springer Heidelberg access 1987 Vollrath, F. - Untangling the spider's web. Trends Ecol. Evol., 3 (12): 331-335 access 1987 Vollrath, F. - Altered geometry of web in spiders with regenerated legs. Nature, 328 (6127): 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 (2):305-308 access 1986 Vollrath, F. - Gravity as orientation guide during web-construction in the orb spider Araneus diadematus. J. Comp. Physiol. A, 159 (2): 275-280 access 1986 Vollrath, F. - Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 18 (4): 283-287 access 1986 Vollrath, F. - Environment, reproduction and sex ratios in the social spider Anelosimus eximius. J. Arachnol., 14 (2): 267-281 access
1985 Vollrath, F. & Mohren, W. - Spiral geometry of the garden spider's orb web. Naturwissenschaften, 72 (12): 666-667 access 1985 Vollrath, F. - Web spider's dilemma: a risky move or site dependent growth. Oecologia, 68 (1): 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, acccess
1983 Vollrath, F. & Rohde-Arndt, D. - Prey capture and the distribution of food in the social spider Anelosimus eximius. Z. Tierpsychol., 61: 334-340 access 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 access
1982 Vollrath, F. - Colony foundation in a social spider. Z. Tierpsychol., 60:313-324 access
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 (1): 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
1970s <back to top>
1979 Vollrath, F. - Vibrations: Their signal function for a spider kleptoparasite. Science, 205 (4411): 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 access 1978 Vollrath, F. - A close relationship between two spiders (Arachnida, Araneidae): Curimagua bayano synecious on a Diplura species. Psyche, 85: 347-353 access
1977 Vollrath, F. - Zur Ökologie Und Biologie Von Kleptoparasitischen Argyrodes Elavatus Und Synöken Argyrodes-Arten (Araneae, Theridiidae). Inaugural - Dissertation, Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Fak. für Biologie, Diss., (Nicht f. d. Austausch.) access
1976 Vollrath, F. - Konkurrenzvermeidung bei tropischen kleptoparasitischen Haubennetzspinnen der Gattung Argyrodes (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Ent. Germ., 3 (1-2): 104-108 access 1976 Vollrath, F. - Competitive exclusion in tropical klepto parasitic spider species in the genus Argyrodes (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Ent. Germ., 3 (1-2): 104-108 access 1976 Vollrath, F. & Delius J.D. - Vestibular projections to the thalamus of the pigeon. Brain, Behav. Evol., 13:58-68 access
1973 Delius, J.D., & Vollrath, F. - Rotation compensating reflexes independent of the labyrinth: neurosensory correlates in pigeons. J. Comp. Physiol. A. GSON 83:123-134 access
2005 Vollrath et al - Apparatus and method for forming materials Number 6858168 access 2006 Vollrath - Precursor silk feedstock for forming filaments Number US7041797 B2 access 2012 ???•??? <) ??:????????? 2010 Hague, D. & Milnes, A. - From Bright Sparks to Brilliant Businesses, Case 12, Oxford Biomaterials, Suturox, Neurotex and Orthox, Fritz Vollrath. A & C Black Publishers Ltd. access
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