Diffraction from the β -sheet crystallites in spider silk

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-242

  Ulrich, S ^a   Glisovic A ^a   Salditt, T ^a   Zippelius, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SILK; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMORPHOUS MATRICES; GENERAL CORRELATIONS; ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SCATTERING THEORY; SINGLE CRYSTALLITES; SPIDER SILK FIBERS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE;

ALLOY; CRYSTALLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; SILK; X RAY ANALYSIS;

SILK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPIDER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SILK; SPIDERS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58149232273     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2008-10374-7     Document Type: Article

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