Fractographic analysis of silkworm and spider silk

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1035-1048

  Poza, P ^a   Perez Rigueiro J ^a   Elices, M ^a   LLorca, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Fiber; Fractography; Fracture mechanisms; Silk

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE; SILK;

GLOBULAR STRUCTURES;

FRACTOGRAPHY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; NATURAL FIBER; SILKWORM; SPIDER SILK;

EID: 0037029575     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(01)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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