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Keratin: Structure, mechanical properties, occurrence in biological organisms, and efforts at bioinspiration

Bin Wang, Wen Yang, Joanna McKittrick, Marc A. Meyers

Progress in Materials Science · 2015 · 855 citations · 229 references

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<i>The Physics of Rubber Elasticity</i>

L. R. G. Treloar, D. J. Montgomery · Physics Today · 1959 · 3.8K citations

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The structure of proteins: Two hydrogen-bonded helical configurations of the polypeptide chain

Linus Pauling, Robert B. Corey, H. R. Branson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1951 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

Marc A. Meyers, Po‐Yu Chen, Albert Y. Lin et al. · Progress in Materials Science · 2007 · 2.5K citations

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The packing of α-helices: simple coiled-coils

Francis Crick · Acta Crystallographica · 1953 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

Marc A. Meyers, Joanna McKittrick, Po‐Yu Chen · Science · 2013 · 1.1K citations

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