Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk
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Keten, S., Xu, Z., Ihle, B., & Buehler, M. J. (2010). Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk. Nature Materials, 9(4), 359–367.

Authors 4
  1. Sinan Keten (first)
  2. Zhiping Xu (additional)
  3. Britni Ihle (additional)
  4. Markus J. Buehler (additional)
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@article{Keten_2010, title={Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk}, volume={9}, ISSN={1476-4660}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat2704}, DOI={10.1038/nmat2704}, number={4}, journal={Nature Materials}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Keten, Sinan and Xu, Zhiping and Ihle, Britni and Buehler, Markus J.}, year={2010}, month=mar, pages={359–367} }