The effect of ageing on the mechanical properties of the silk of the bridge spider Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)

We are grateful to “Nanofacility Piemonte”, INRIM Institute, for the FESEM microscope facility. N.M.P. is supported by the European Research Council (ERC StG Ideas 2011 BIHSNAM n. 279985, ERC PoC 2013 KNOTOUGH n. 632277, ERC PoC 2015 SILKENE nr. 693670), by the European Commission under the Graphene Flagship (WP10 “Nanocomposites”, n. 604391)