Abstract
Sonic properties of spider silks are measured independent of the web using laser vibrometry and ballistic impact providing insights into Nature's design of functionalized high-performance materials. Through comparison to cocoon silk and other industrial fibers, we find that major ampullate silk has the largest wavespeed range of any known material. © 2014 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Mortimer, B., Gordon, S. D., Holland, C., Siviour, C. R., Vollrath, F., & Windmill, J. F. C. (2014). The speed of sound in silk: Linking material performance to biological function. Advanced Materials, 26(30), 5179–5183. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201401027
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