The Silky Way: Biomimetic sensing through changes in structural proteins
Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
13-067
Contractor
Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne
Start Date
End Date
Country
Switzerland
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
Keywords
Ariadna
Hardware
Manufacturing
Materials
Executive summary