2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a new technology for collecting a lot of spider silk
| Project/Area Number |
21655083
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Polymer/Textile materials
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| Research Institution | Nara Medical University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | クモ / 糸 / 収集 / らんのう / 技術開発 |
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| Research Abstract |
The important issue is to collect a number of spider silk from the viewpoint of the actual use. However, it is very difficult to directly collect long silk from spider's body. The author focused on egg cocoons of Argiope amoena spiders consisting of long silk. As a result, the author has developed a method for collecting long silk from egg cocoons kept in hot water in which a bit of chemicals was added for helping the collection without cutting.
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