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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Nano. 2018 Jun 27;12(7):6968–6977. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02430

Figure 1. Mechanical properties of A. yamamai silkworm cocoon silk fibers.

Figure 1.

A and B, Alien saturnid orginating from Asia, A. yamamai adult and 2nd instar larva. The insert image is the A. yamamai cocoon. C, Stress-strain curve of A. yamamai silk, B mori silk and Nephila edulis dragline silk. D, Comparison of the specific strength and specific stiffness of A. yamamai silk with other natural and synthetic materials. A and B reproduced with permission from ref (24). Copyright 2014. Pensoft Publishers. The inert picture in B reproduced with permission from ref (25). Copyright 2015. Korean Society of Sericultural Science. The stress-strain curve of Nephila edulis dragline silk use data from ref (26). Ashby plot of natural and synthetic materials are adapted from ref (27).