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Molecular nanosprings in spider capture-silk threads

✍ Scribed by Becker, Nathan; Oroudjev, Emin; Mutz, Stephanie; Cleveland, Jason P.; Hansma, Paul K.; Hayashi, Cheryl Y.; Makarov, Dmitrii E.; Hansma, Helen G.

Book ID
109935134
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
569 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
1476-1122

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