{
  "name": "Spider dragline silk: fibre diameters and the structures inside a fibre",
  "desc": "Measured mean diameters of dragline fibres in two studies, the sizes a review gives for nanofibrils and beta-sheet crystals, and ratios computed for this page against a human hair and the light-microscope limit, one claim per row with method, source and reading level.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/insects/spider-silk/",
  "from": [
    "Hennecke et al. 2013 (SEM, 105 fibres), Greco & Pugno 2020 Tables 2 and 3, Brough et al. 2024 (review), as published",
    "media/reference-objects.csv (shared file; human hair and light-microscope rows; read only)"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Hennecke K et al. 2013, PLoS ONE 8(4):e61100, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061100, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Greco G, Pugno NM 2020, Molecules 25(12):2938, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25122938, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Brough HA, Cheneler D, Hardy JG 2024, Biomacromolecules 25(11):6987-7014, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01122, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Li C et al. 2023, Journal of Biomedical Optics 28(11):116501, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.11.116501 (via the shared reference-objects.csv), retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Valli J et al. 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry 297(1):100791, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100791 (via the shared reference-objects.csv), retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Ratios and the 0.2 µm misreading computed for this page, computed 2026-10-25"
  ]
}