Fig. 5: Nanomechanical analysis of silk fibroin assembly states. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Nanomechanical analysis of silk fibroin assembly states.

From: Micro and nano-scale compartments guide the structural transition of silk protein monomers into silk fibers

Fig. 5: Nanomechanical analysis of silk fibroin assembly states.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Comparison of the height, deformation and elastic modulus of silk protein monomers, compartments, nanofibrils and microfibers. b Quantitative analysis of the elastic modulus (GPa) of the different assemblies. The elastic modulus rises as the β-sheet content increases. The error bars indicate the standard deviation of the elastic modulus sampled from several AFM images. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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