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To download a pdf of this article, visit cenm.ag/spiderweb.
References used to create this graphic:
Spider silk is a wonder of nature but it’s not stronger than steel
The elaborate structure of spider silk
Bioinspired supramolecular fibers drawn from a multiphase self-assembled hydrogel
Synthetic biology and the rise of the ‘spider-goats’
The structure and properties of spider silk
A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest
To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit http://cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.
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