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Air Filter Devices Including Nonwoven Meshes of Electrospun Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins
JoVE Journal
Bioengineering
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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Air Filter Devices Including Nonwoven Meshes of Electrospun Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins

Air Filter Devices Including Nonwoven Meshes of Electrospun Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins

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May 08, 2013

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May 08, 2013

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Spider silk fibers display extraordinary mechanical properties. Engineered Araneus diadematus Fibroin 4 (eADF4) can be processed into nonwoven meshes using electrospinning. Here, the eADF4 nonwoven meshes are used to improve the performance of air filtering devices.

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