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.
Lang, G., Jokisch, S., Scheibel, T. Air Filter Devices Including Nonwoven Meshes of Electrospun Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins. J. Vis. Exp. (75), e50492, doi:10.3791/50492 (2013).