Light Like a Feather: A Fibrous Natural Composite with a Shape Changing from Round to Square

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

(2016) Bin Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Structure and mechanical properties of naturally occurring lightweight foam-filled cylinder – The peacock’s tail coverts shaft and its components

(2015) Z.Q. Liu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Why the seahorse tail is square

(2015) M. M. Porter et al.   SCIENCE

Nanomechanical properties of bird feather rachises: exploring naturally occurring fibre reinforced laminar composites

(2014) C. M. Laurent et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Unzipping bird feathers

(2013) A. Kovalev et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A New Helical Crossed-Fibre Structure of β-Keratin in Flight Feathers and Its Biomechanical Implications

(2013) Theagarten Lingham-Soliar et al.   PLoS One

Flexural stiffness of feather shafts: geometry rules over material properties

(2012) T. Bachmann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Measurement of stress-strain behaviour of human hair fibres using optical techniques

(2012) J. Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SCIENCE

Correlation of the mechanical and structural properties of cortical rachis keratin of rectrices of the Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)

(2011) S.G. Bodde et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

The peacock's train (Pavo cristatus and Pavo cristatus mut. alba) I. structure, mechanics, and chemistry of the tail feather coverts

(2010) Ingrid M. Weiss et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

The structural basis of the filament-matrix texture in the avian/reptilian group of hard β-keratins

(2010) R.D. Bruce Fraser et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Tensile and shear properties of fingernails as a function of a changing humidity environment

(2009) L. Farran et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Molecular packing in the feather keratin filament

(2008) R.D. Bruce Fraser et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Cytochemical and molecular characteristics of the process of cornification during feather morphogenesis

(2008) Lorenzo Alibardi et al.   PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY