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Designing Cell-Compatible Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

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In situ neutron scattering study of structural transitions in fibrin networks under shear deformation

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Protein Mechanics: From Single Molecules to Functional Biomaterials

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Hagfish slime threads as a biomimetic model for high performance protein fibres

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Dynamics of the Coiled-Coil Unfolding Transition of Myosin Rod Probed by Dissipation Force Spectrum

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Evidence that αC Region Is Origin of Low Modulus, High Extensibility, and Strain Stiffening in Fibrin Fibers

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Structural Hierarchy Governs Fibrin Gel Mechanics

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

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Development of minimal models of the elastic properties of flexible and stiff polymer networks with permanent and thermoreversible cross-links

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Engineering responsive mechanisms to control the assembly of peptide-based nanostructures

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Designing materials to direct stem-cell fate

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Multiscale Mechanics of Fibrin Polymer: Gel Stretching with Protein Unfolding and Loss of Water

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Structure of high density fibrin networks probed with neutron scattering and rheology

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Tensile Properties of Single Desmin Intermediate Filaments

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Investigating by CD the molecular mechanism of elasticity of elastomeric proteins

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The role of proline in the elastic mechanism of hydrated spider silks

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Nanomechanics of Native Thick Filaments from Indirect Flight Muscles

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A Periodic Table of Coiled-Coil Protein Structures

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Fifty years of coiled-coils and α-helical bundles: A close relationship between sequence and structure

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Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

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The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

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Design of a Selective Metal Ion Switch for Self-Assembly of Peptide-Based Fibrils

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