The lifecycle of a silkworm: From egg to moth (Photo Credit : ChilliPix/Shutterstock) Now, some of you might have assumed that we must be using cocoons to get silk once the adult moth leaves the cocoon shell. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. If we wait that long, the silk would ...
A Swiss chemist, George Audemars, was granted an English patent in 1855 for an artificial silk he derived from mulberry bark. Audemars attempted to reproduce the method the silkworm uses for making silk by dissolving the fibrous inner bark of mulberry trees to separate out the cellulose. To ...
Feasibility of wet spinning of silk-inspired polyurethane elastic biofiber Two types of water-insoluble protein from Bombyx mori silkworm, degummed and undegummed superfine silk powders, were prepared through a physical method. Wa... H Liu,W Xu,H Zou,... - 《Materials Letters》 被引量: 67...
in the art of weaving and the art of silkworm husbandry, which in turn required the careful planting and nurturing of the mulberry tree (family Moraceae) - whose leaves were the food on which the silkworm larvae feed - leading to the creation of that most fantastic of fabrics, silk. The...
How MIT is hacking thousands of worms to print buildings “The silkworm embodies everything an additive fabrication system currently lacks.” Neri Oxman on the Silk Pavilion http://t.co/p7TxvQJbKr — MIT Media Lab (@medialab) June 11, 2013 Another compound eye Last month’s Bits and ...
PLGA is obtained from the copolymerization of PGA and PLA. It is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to its excellent biodegradability, biocompatibility, and tunable mechanical properties. Its crystallinity and degradation rates can be tuned depending on the ratio of lactide to ...
What Is a Log Saw? Materials What Is Cabinet Finish? Discussion Comments ByStarJo— On Oct 15, 2012 I've bought some shirts made from cheap silk fabric before, but I've never owned a real silk shirt. I imagine it would be far out of my price range. ...