The Silky Way: Biomimetic sensing through changes in structural proteins
Programme Reference
13-067
Country
Switzerland
Start Date
2014
End Date
2015
Programme: Discovery Prime Contractor: Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne
Description
The objective of Silky Way is to explore the possibility of using spider dragline silk as sensing element for fibre-based biosensors by transmitting light through silk fibre and monitoring the change in the silk's optical properties induced by biochemical compounds
• Application domain: Generic Technologies
• Initial TRL: TRL N/A
• Target TRL: TRL N/A
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