How protein materials balance strength, robustness, and adaptability

Cellular strain assessment tool (CSAT): Precision-controlled cyclic uniaxial tensile loading

(2009) Yu Ching Yung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Alpha-helical protein domains unify strength and robustness through hierarchical nanostructures

(2009) Theodor Ackbarow et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Deformation and failure of protein materials in physiologically extreme conditions and disease

(2009) Markus J. Buehler et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Alpha-Helical Protein Networks Are Self-Protective and Flaw-Tolerant

(2009) Theodor Ackbarow et al.   PLoS One

Hierarchical Structure Controls Nanomechanical Properties of Vimentin Intermediate Filaments

(2009) Zhao Qin et al.   PLoS One

Cyclic tensile strain triggers a sequence of autocrine and paracrine signaling to regulate angiogenic sprouting in human vascular cells

(2009) Y. C. Yung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ROBUSTNESS-STRENGTH PERFORMANCE OF HIERARCHICAL ALPHA-HELICAL PROTEIN FILAMENTS

(2009) ZHAO QIN et al.   International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Tensile Properties of Single Desmin Intermediate Filaments

(2008) Laurent Kreplak et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nuclear Shape, Mechanics, and Mechanotransduction

(2008) Kris Noel Dahl et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Geometric Confinement Governs the Rupture Strength of H-bond Assemblies at a Critical Length Scale

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   NANO LETTERS

Elasticity, strength and resilience: A comparative study on mechanical signatures of α-Helix, β-sheet and tropocollagen domains

(2008) Markus J. Buehler et al.   Nano Research

Strength limit of entropic elasticity in beta-sheet protein domains

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

The Intermediate Filament Network in Cultured Human Keratinocytes Is Remarkably Extensible and Resilient

(2008) Douglas Fudge et al.   PLoS One

The soft framework of the cellular machine

(2008) D. A. Weitz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Micromechanical properties of keratin intermediate filament networks

(2008) S. Sivaramakrishnan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

(2008) S. Rammensee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Theoretical and computational hierarchical nanomechanics of protein materials: Deformation and fracture

(2008) M BUEHLER et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE