Nanoconfinement and the strength of biopolymers

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 651-673

  Giesa, Tristan ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

biocomposites; critical length scales; flaw tolerance; mechanical properties; natural fibers

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; COPOLYMER; GRAPHENE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPOLYMERS; BONE AND BONES; ELASTIC MODULUS; MINERALS; NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84877782754     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-083012-130345     Document Type: Review

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