Nanostructure and molecular mechanics of spider dragline silk protein assemblies
Spider silk is a self-assembling biopolymer that outperforms most known materials in terms of its mechanical performance, despite its underlying weak chemical bonding based on H-bonds. While experimental studies have shown that the molecular structure of silk proteins has a direct influence on the s...
Main Authors: | Keten, Sinan, Buehler, Markus J |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Computational Engineering |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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The Royal Society
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61713 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659 |
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