The crystal modulus of silk (Bombyx mori)

Phonons and the elastic moduli of collagen and muscle

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Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Materials Science +12

Investigation of the nanofibrils of silk fibers

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +9

Electromechanical Properties of an Ultrathin Layer of Directionally Aligned Helical Polypeptides

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Calculation of three-dimensional elastic constants of polymer crystals. 3. α and γ Forms of nylon 6

Kohji Tashiro, Hiroyuki Tadokoro · Macromolecules · 1981 · 79 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

Low‐frequency vibrational spectra of some homopolypeptides in the solid state

Bruno Fanconi · Biopolymers · 1973 · 52 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Molecular Physics +14