Sacrificial bonds and hidden length: Unraveling molecular mesostructures in tough materials

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1411-1418

  Fantner, Georg E ^a   Oroudjev, Emin ^a   Schitter, Georg ^a   Golde, Laura S ^a   Thurner, Philipp ^a   Finch, Marquesa M ^a   Turner, Patricia ^a   Gutsmann, Thomas ^b   Morse, Daniel E ^a   Hansma, Helen ^a   Hansma, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; AGGRECAN; ALUMINUM SILICATE; GLUTEN; HYALURONIC ACID; LECTIN; MICA; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MATERIAL STATE; MICROSCOPE; SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND;

AGGRECANS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLUTEN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN BONDING; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES;

EID: 33645765584     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069344     Document Type: Article

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