Fabrication and characterisation of protein fibril-elastomer composites

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1337-1341

  Oppenheim, Tomas ^a   Knowles, Tuomas P J ^a   Lacour, Stéphanie P ^a   Welland, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Carbon nanotube; Elastomer; Protein fibril; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTOMERS; ENZYMES; FABRICATION; FILLING; PLASTICS; RIGIDITY; SILICONES; YARN;

ELASTOMER COMPOSITES; ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITE; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FILLING RATIO; INSULIN FIBRILS; PROTEIN FIBRILS; SHEAR MIXING; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPATIALLY MODULATED;

ANISOTROPY;

BIOMATERIAL; ELASTOMER; INSULIN; LYSOZYME; NANOMATERIAL; PROTEIN; SILICONE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 76949103284     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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