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Elasticity of Spider Dragline Silks Viewed as Nematics: Yielding Induced by Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition

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Linying Cui, Fei Liu and Zhong-Can Ou-Yang

Submitted: 25 November 2010 Published: 16 November 2011

DOI: 10.5772/23374

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Biomaterials Applications for Nanomedicine

Edited by Rosario Pignatello

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Written By

Linying Cui, Fei Liu and Zhong-Can Ou-Yang

Submitted: 25 November 2010 Published: 16 November 2011