Alpha-helical protein domains unify strength and robustness through hierarchical nanostructures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Ackbarow, Theodor ^a,b   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-HELICAL PROTEINS; BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICAL PROTEINS; BUILDING BLOCKS; H-BONDS; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HIERARCHICAL LEVELS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; IN CELLS; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MATERIAL DESIGNS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANO TRANSDUCTIONS; MODEL PROTEINS; NANO-MATERIALS; OPTIMAL COMBINATIONS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; STRENGTH PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

AMINES; DYNAMICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 65249180116     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/7/075103     Document Type: Article

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