Damage, self-healing, and hysteresis in spider silks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1941-1948

  De Tommasi, D ^a   Puglisi, G ^a   Saccomandi, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 77952261998     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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