Microstructure and crystallographic texture of the chitin–protein network in the biological composite material of the exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus
- 29 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Materials Science and Engineering: A
- Vol. 421 (1-2), 143-153
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2005.09.115
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