Table 4.

Characteristics of non-woven mats made out of silkworm silk dope. Spider silk mats

Characteristic	Bombyx mori	References
Fiber diameter (nm)	6.5 to 6100	Zarkoob et al. (2003); Min et al. (2004); Ayutsede et al. (2005); Meinel et al. (2009); Aznar-Cervantes et al. (2012); Zhang et al. (2012)
Morphology	Beads to cylindrical (low dope concentration) Continuous to ribbon-like (high concentration)	Min et al. (2004); Zhang et al. (2012)
Ultimate tensile strength (MPa)	13.5 to 74	Jin et al. (2004); Amiraliyan et al. (2010); Yi et al. (2018); Mohammadzadehmoghadam and Dong (2019)
Strain at break (%)	From 4 to 40	Ohgo et al. (2003); Jin et al. (2004); Amiraliyan et al. (2010); Zhang et al. (2012); Mohammadzadehmoghadam and Dong (2019)
Porosity (%)	62 to 68	Min et al. (2004); Mohammadzadehmoghadam and Dong (2019)
Water uptake capacity (%)	405	Mohammadzadehmoghadam and Dong (2019)
Temperature of degradation (°C)	250	Pang et al. (2019)