Nanoscale X-Ray Diffraction of Silk Fibers

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This report focuses on current possibilities and perspectives of scanning X-ray nanodiffraction for probing nanoscale heterogeneities in silk fibers such as nanofibrils, skin-core morphologies, nanocrystalline inclusions and fine fibers down to submicron diameters.

Keywords

• silk fibers
• X-ray nanodiffraction
• synchrotron radiation
• skin-core structure
• nanocrystallites
• radiation damage