Liquid crystallinity of natural silk secretions
โ Scribed by Kerkam, Keven; Viney, Christopher; Kaplan, David; Lombardi, Stephen
- Book ID
- 109767264
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 349
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/349596a0
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