Theoretical and computational hierarchical nanomechanics of protein materials: Deformation and fracture

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1101-1241

  Buehler, Markus J ^a   Keten, Sinan ^a   Ackbarow, Theodor ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); BUILDING MATERIALS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLAGEN; COMPLEXATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATERIALS; NATURAL FIBERS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROTEINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RELIABILITY; SILK; SKIN; TENDONS;

ALPHA-HELIX; ATOMISTIC SIMULATION; BUILDING BLOCKS; CHEMICAL-; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; DEFORMATION PROCESSING; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HELICAL PROTEINS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURING; INDIVIDUAL ATOMS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MOLECULAR ORIGINS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTIPLE SCALES; MULTIPLE TASKING; POWERFUL APPROACH; PROTEIN MATERIALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SPIDER SILKS; STEEL CABLING; STRUCTURAL PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BONDING STRENGTH; CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLAGEN; DEFORMATION; FIBER OPTICS; FRACTURE; NATURAL FIBERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RELIABILITY; SILK;

EID: 53049092578     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2008.06.002     Document Type: Review

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