Correlation between nanomechanics and polymorphic conformations in amyloid fibrils

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11035-11041

  Usov, Ivan ^a   Mezzenga, Raffaele ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Nanomechanics; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

NANOMECHANICS; NANOTUBES; POLYMORPHISM;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AMYLOID FIBRIL; AREA MOMENT OF INERTIAS; BENDING PROPERTIES; POLYMORPHIC FORMS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; THEORY OF ELASTICITY;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

AMYLOID; NANOMATERIAL;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84912535927     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503530a     Document Type: Article

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