Plywood structures in nature

Helicoidal self-ordering of cellulose microfibrils in aqueous suspension

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Engineering, Biochemistry, Materials Engineering +16

Twisted fibrous arrangements in biological materials and cholesteric mesophases

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +9

Effects of Ionic Strength on the Isotropic−Chiral Nematic Phase Transition of Suspensions of Cellulose Crystallites

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

Twisted plywood architecture of collagen fibrils in human compact bone osteons

Marie‐Madeleine Giraud‐Guille · Calcified Tissue International · 1988 · 487 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +13

Extracellular matrix assembly and structure

General Pharmacology The Vascular System · 1995 · 450 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +12