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ToughnessStiffnessCollagen fibrilMaterials scienceComposite materialFibrilDentinMechanical strengthBiophysics
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- 2008
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- 1-13
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Peter Fratzl
(2008).
Collagen: Structure and Mechanics, an Introduction.
, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73906-9_1
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- 10.1007/978-0-387-73906-9_1