Molecular mechanistic origin of the toughness of natural adhesives, fibres and composites

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6738, 1999, Pages 761-763

  Smith, Bettye L ^a   Schäffer, Tilman E ^b   Vlani, Marlo ^a   Thompson, James B ^a   Frederick, Nell A ^a   Klndt, Johannes ^a   Belcher, Angela ^c   Stucky, Galen D ^a   Morse, Daniel E ^a   Hansma, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; NATURAL FIBERS;

ADHESIVE FIBERS; ELONGATION; NATURAL MATERIALS;

TOUGHNESS;

ADHESIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MINERAL; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; FIBER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARANEAE; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA;

EID: 0344052669     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21607     Document Type: Article

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