X-Ray Studies of the Structure of Hair, Wool, and Related Fibers. II. - The Molecular Structure and Elastic Properties of Hair Keratin

    January 1934 in “ Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Containing Papers of a Biological Character ”
    W. T. ASTBURY, H. J. Woods
    Studysummary This study found that the X-ray patterns of stretched mammalian hair (β-keratin) are similar to those of natural silk (fibrion), suggesting a similar elastic mechanism involving reversible intra-molecular transformations.
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