Nanoscale strain-hardening of keratin fibres

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Fortier, Patrick ^a   Suei, Sandy ^a   Kreplak, Laurent ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL CELL; ELASTIC FIBER; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROFIBRIL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PORCUPINE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; QUILL; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; HAIR; HARDNESS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864348440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041814     Document Type: Article

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