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A multi-scale approach to understand the mechanobiology of intermediate filaments.

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Accumulation of collagen molecular unfolding is the mechanism of cyclic fatigue damage and failure in collagenous tissues

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Atomically Sharp Crack Tips in Monolayer MoS2 and Their Enhanced Toughness by Vacancy Defects.

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Biological materials by design

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

Calcium causes a conformational change in lamin A tail domain that promotes farnesyl-mediated membrane association

scientific article published on May 2013

Coiled-coil intermediate filament stutter instability and molecular unfolding

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Cooperative deformation of hydrogen bonds in beta-strands and beta-sheet nanocrystals

scientific article published on 14 December 2010

Cooperativity governs the size and structure of biological interfaces

scientific article published on October 5, 2012

Crumpling deformation regimes of monolayer graphene on substrate: a molecular mechanics study

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Design and function of biomimetic multilayer water purification membranes

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Effect of sodium chloride on the structure and stability of spider silk's N-terminal protein domain

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Effect of wrinkles on the surface area of graphene: toward the design of nanoelectronics

scientific article published on 24 October 2014

Flaw tolerance of nuclear intermediate filament lamina under extreme mechanical deformation

scientific article published on 25 March 2011

Hierarchical structure controls nanomechanical properties of vimentin intermediate filaments

scientific article published on 6 October 2009

Influence of cross-link structure, density and mechanical properties in the mesoscale deformation mechanisms of collagen fibrils

scientific article published on 29 July 2014

Intercalated water layers promote thermal dissipation at bio-nano interfaces

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Interfacial binding and aggregation of lamin A tail domains associated with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.

scientific article published on 23 August 2014

Intermediate filament-deficient cells are mechanically softer at large deformation: a multi-scale simulation study.

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Large Deformation Mechanisms, Plasticity, and Failure of an Individual Collagen Fibril With Different Mineral Content

scientific article published on February 2016

Mechanical Properties and Failure of Biopolymers: Atomistic Reactions to Macroscale Response

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Mechanics of fragmentation of crocodile skin and other thin films.

scientific article published on 27 May 2014

Mesoscale mechanics of twisting carbon nanotube yarns

scientific article published in March 2015

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of theα-Helix toβ-Sheet Transition in Coiled Protein Filaments: Evidence for a Critical Filament Length Scale

scientific article published on May 12, 2010

Molecular deformation mechanisms of the wood cell wall material

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Molecular dynamics simulations of deformation and rupture of super carbon nanotubes under tension

Molecular level detection and localization of mechanical damage in collagen enabled by collagen hybridizing peptides.

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Multiscale mechanics of the lateral pressure effect on enhancing the load transfer between polymer coated CNTs

scientific article published on 13 April 2017

Nanomechanical properties of vimentin intermediate filament dimers

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Nonlinear Viscous Water at Nanoporous Two-Dimensional Interfaces Resists High-Speed Flow through Cooperativity.

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Plasticity of intermediate filament subunits

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Polymorphic regenerated silk fibers assembled through bioinspired spinning.

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Predicting rates of in vivo degradation of recombinant spider silk proteins

scientific article published on 12 December 2016

Protective role of Arapaima gigas fish scales: structure and mechanical behavior

scientific article published on 09 May 2014

Protein-free formation of bone-like apatite: New insights into the key role of carbonation.

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Reversible MoS2 Origami with Spatially Resolved and Reconfigurable Photosensitivity

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Structural optimization of 3D-printed synthetic spider webs for high strength

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Structure and dynamics of human vimentin intermediate filament dimer and tetramer in explicit and implicit solvent models.

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Structure and mechanism of maximum stability of isolated alpha-helical protein domains at a critical length scale

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Sub-nanometre channels embedded in two-dimensional materials

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Tensile strength of carbyne chains in varied chemical environments and structural lengths

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

The mechanics and design of a lightweight three-dimensional graphene assembly

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The tail domain of lamin B1 is more strongly modulated by divalent cations than lamin A.

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Thickness of Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystal Controls Mechanical Properties of the Collagen–Hydroxyapatite Interface

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Three-Dimensional-Printing of Bio-Inspired Composites.

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Ultrathin thermoresponsive self-folding 3D graphene

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Unusually low and density-insensitive thermal conductivity of three-dimensional gyroid graphene

scientific article published in September 2017