Hair: The Most Sophisticated Biological Composite Material

    January 2007 in “ Chemical Society Reviews ”
    C. Popescu, Hartwig Höcker
    Studysummary This review discusses the hierarchical structure and chemical properties of hair fibers and offers insights for chemists and biochemists, but reports no new experimental findings.
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