Rough fibrils provide a toughening mechanism in biological fibers.
Spider silk is a fascinating natural composite material. Its combination of strength and toughness is unrivalled in nature, and as a result, it has gained considerable interest from the medical, physics, and materials communities. Most of this attention has focused on the one to tens of nanometer sc...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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