Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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Volume 70: Issue 3
Thermal properties of bombyx mori and several wild silkworm silks Phase transition of liquid silk
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T. Tanaka Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan

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J. Magoshi National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences and Japan Science and Technology Corporation Tsukuba 305-8602 Japan Tsukuba 305-8602 Japan

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Y. Magoshi National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) Japan Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634 Japan Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634

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S. ichi Inoue Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan

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M. Kobayashi Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan

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H. Tsuda Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan 2-1-2 Kannondai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602 Japan

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M. Becker Fukui University Faculty of Engineering Bunkyo Fukui 910-8517 Japan Bunkyo Fukui 910-8517 Japan

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Sh. Nakamura Kanagawa University Faculty of Engineering Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-0802 Japan Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-0802 Japan

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Pages:
825–832
Online Publication Date:
03 Nov 2004
Publication Date:
01 Oct 2002
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022256203778
Keywords:
phase transition; wild silkworm; domestic silkworm; liquid silk
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Abstract  

The thermal properties of liquid silk from domestic and wild silkworms are investigated. Liquid silks obtained from the silk gland of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori and four wild silkworms, Samia cynthia ricini, Dictyoploca japonica, Antheraea pernyi and Antheraea yamamai were used. The DSC curves for the liquid silk from the domestic silkworm have weak endothermic peaks corresponding to the breaking of hydrogen bonds in the β-form or to the untangling of physical network. The DSC curves for the wild silkworm silks, however, show clear exothermic peaks corresponding to a phase transition from the α-helix conformation to the β-form. Liquid silk from all the different silkworms undergoes a characteristic irreversible phase transition.

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1388-6150
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1572-8943

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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