Molecular dynamics study on stiffness and ductility in chitin–protein composite

Development of a coarse-grained α-chitin model on the basis of MARTINI forcefield

(2015) Zechuan Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING

CHARMM36 all-atom additive protein force field: Validation based on comparison to NMR data

(2013) Jing Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Dimensions of Biological Cellulose Nanocrystals Maximize Fracture Strength

(2013) Robert Sinko et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A Spider's Fang: How to Design an Injection Needle Using Chitin-Based Composite Material

(2012) Yael Politi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ab InitioBased conformational study of the crystalline α-chitin

(2012) Michal Petrov et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Characterization of the intrinsic strength between epoxy and silica using a multiscale approach

(2012) Denvid Lau et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Multilevel architectures in natural materials

(2012) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Graphene Oxide Paper and Its Associated Polymer Nanocomposites by Controlling Cooperative Intersheet Hydrogen Bonding

(2011) Owen C. Compton et al.   ACS Nano

CHARMM Additive All-Atom Force Field for Carbohydrate Derivatives and Its Utility in Polysaccharide and Carbohydrate–Protein Modeling

(2011) Olgun Guvench et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Examination of the α-Chitin Structure and Decrystallization Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale

(2011) Gregg T. Beckham et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Mechanical Principles of Biological Nanocomposites

(2010) Baohua Ji et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Insights into Chemistry of Biological Materials: Newly Discovered Silica-Aragonite-Chitin Biocomposites in Demosponges

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Cross-linking Chemistry of Squid Beak

(2010) Ali Miserez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Robustness and optimal use of design principles of arthropod exoskeletons studied by ab initio-based multiscale simulations

(2010) S. Nikolov et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Molecular and Nanostructural Mechanisms of Deformation, Strength and Toughness of Spider Silk Fibrils

(2010) Andrea Nova et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Influence of Structural Principles on the Mechanics of a Biological Fiber-Based Composite Material with Hierarchical Organization: The Exoskeleton of the LobsterHomarus americanus

(2009) Helge-Otto Fabritius et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Revealing the Design Principles of High-Performance Biological Composites Using Ab initio and Multiscale Simulations: The Example of Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Svetoslav Nikolov et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Revisit of α-Chitin Crystal Structure Using High Resolution X-ray Diffraction Data

(2009) Pawel Sikorski et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

A characteristic length for stress transfer in the nanostructure of biological composites

(2009) B. Chen et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microtexture and Chitin/Calcite Orientation Relationship in the Mineralized Exoskeleton of the American Lobster

(2008) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structure and mechanical properties of selected biological materials

(2008) P CHEN et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE

Influence of microstructure on deformation anisotropy of mineralized cuticle from the lobster Homarus americanus

(2007) C. Sachs et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY