Failure of Aβ(1-40) amyloid fibrils under tensile loading

Amyloid fibrils and plaques are detected in the brain tissue of patients affected by Alzheimer’s disease, but have also been found as part of normal physiological processes such as bacterial adhesion. Due to their highly organized structures, amyloid proteins have also been used for the development...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paparcone, Raffaella, Buehler, Markus J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Computational Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99228
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659

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