Multi-scale thermal stability of a hard thermoplastic protein-based material

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Latza, Victoria ^a   Guerette, Paul A ^b,c   Ding, Dawei ^b   Amini, Shahrouz ^b   Kumar, Akshita ^c   Schmidt, Ingo ^a   Keating, Steven ^d   Oxman, Neri ^d   Weaver, James C ^e   Fratzl, Peter ^a   Miserez, Ali ^b,c   Masic, Admir ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; PEPTIDE BASED THERMOPLASTIC STRUCTURAL BIOPOLYMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CEPHALOPOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMAL ALTERATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BUILDING MATERIAL; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; SQUID; THERMOPLASTIC PROTEIN BASED MATERIAL; THERMOSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DECAPODIFORMES; HARDNESS; HEAT; PROTEIN STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CEPHALOPODA; SEPIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; DECAPODIFORMES; HARDNESS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84942116520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9313     Document Type: Article

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