Cooperative deformation of hydrogen bonds in beta-strands and beta-sheet nanocrystals
Beta-sheet protein domains are stabilized by weak hydrogen bonds, yet materials such as silk—whose ultimate tensile strength is controlled primarily by this secondary structure—can exceed the ultimate tensile strength of steel. Earlier work has suggested that this is because hydrogen bonds deform co...
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American Physical Society
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63128 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659 |