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Ultra strong pyroprotein fibres with long-range ordering
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2017.
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Abstract
- The mechanical properties of silk are determined by tight stacks of sheet-like peptide crystals distributed in amorphous regions. Here, the authors heat and stretch silk fibres to align these crystal into a long range ordered carbon structure and dramatically enhance the silk strength.
- Subjects :
- Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.544d1fd45da24d6d86dbbec33505a662
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00132-3