Nanofiber formation in spider dragline-silk as probed by atomic force microscopy and molecular pulling

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 738, Issue , 2003, Pages 273-279

  Oroudjev, Emin ^a   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^b   Soares, Jason ^c   Arcidiacono, Steven ^c   Fossey, Stephen A ^c   Hansma, Helen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c US Army Natick RDandE Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; PROTEINS; SILK;

MOLECULAR PULLING;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0037973487     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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