A. Belcher

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Molecular mechanistic origin of the toughness of natural adhesives, fibres and composites
Natural materials are renowned for their strength and toughness,,,,. Spider dragline silk has a breakage energy per unit weight two orders of magnitude greater than high tensile steel,, and is…
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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Lustrin A, a Matrix Protein from Shell and Pearl Nacre of Haliotis rufescens *
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The cDNA coding for Lustrin A, a newly described matrix protein from the nacreous layer of the shell and pearl produced by the abalone, Haliotis rufescens, a marine gastropod mollusc, is cloned and characterized.
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Virus-Enabled Synthesis and Assembly of Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes
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Combining virus-templated synthesis at the peptide level and methods for controlling two-dimensional assembly of viruses on polyelectrolyte multilayers provides a systematic platform for integrating these nanomaterials to form thin, flexible lithium ion batteries.
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Bacterial biosynthesis of cadmium sulfide nanocrystals.
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Selection of peptides with semiconductor binding specificity for directed nanocrystal assembly
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It is shown that combinatorial phage-display libraries can be used to evolve peptides that bind to a range of semiconductor surfaces with high specificity, depending on the crystallographic orientation and composition of the structurally similar materials the authors have used.
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Control of crystal phase switching and orientation by soluble mollusc-shell proteins
IN the initial stages of the biomineralization of abalone shells, a primer layer of oriented calcite crystals grows on a nucleating protein sheet1,2. The deposition of this primer is followed by an…
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Kinesin's cover-neck bundle folds forward to generate force
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A stepping mechanism driven by dynamic cover-neck bundle formation is supported and a strategy to generate motors with altered mechanical characteristics by targeting the force-generating element is suggested.
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Does Abalone Nacre Form by Heteroepitaxial Nucleation or by Growth through Mineral Bridges
We present experimental support for a model of abalone nacre growth that is based on mineral bridges between successive aragonite tablets rather than on heteroepitaxial nucleation. Interlamellar…
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Ordering of Quantum Dots Using Genetically Engineered Viruses
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A liquid crystal system was used for the fabrication of a highly ordered composite material from genetically engineered M13 bacteriophage and zinc sulfide nanocrystals, which spontaneously evolved a self-supporting hybrid film material.
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Virus-Based Toolkit for the Directed Synthesis of Magnetic and Semiconducting Nanowires
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The unique ability to interchange substrate-specific peptides into the linear self-assembled filamentous construct of the M13 virus introduces a material tunability that has not been seen in previous synthetic routes, and provides a genetic toolkit for growing and organizing nanowires from semiconducting and magnetic materials.
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