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The Silky Way: Biomimetic sensing through changes in structural proteins

Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
13-067
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

Executive summary