. . . . "Large-scale molecular dynamics shows that silk beta-sheet nanocrystals confined to a few nanometres achieve higher stiffness, strength and toughness than larger nanocrystals." . "simulation-result" . . "Notation basis: Direction of the size effect and 'a few nanometres' are in the abstract; the crystal sizes simulated and the numerical optimum are in the full text." . "Beta-sheet nanocrystals a few nanometres in size are stiffer, stronger and tougher than larger ones" . "\\frac{\\partial \\sigma_f}{\\partial h} < 0,\\ \\frac{\\partial E}{\\partial h} < 0,\\ \\frac{\\partial U_{\\mathrm{tough}}}{\\partial h} < 0 \\quad \\text{for } h \\gtrsim h^{*} \\sim \\text{few nm}" . "Sinan Keten et al., “Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk”, Nature Materials 9, 359-367 (2010), doi:10.1038/nmat2704; Abstract. Scope: Poly-Ala / poly-(Gly-Ala) beta-sheet nanocrystals of silk in MD" . "Sinan Keten, Zhiping Xu, Britni Ihle, Markus J. Buehler. Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk. Nature Materials 9, 359-367 (2010). doi:10.1038/nmat2704" . "Sinan Keten, Zhiping Xu, Britni Ihle, Markus J. Buehler" . "2010"^^ . "doi:10.1038/nmat2704" . "pmid:20228820" . "Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk" . . . "delphisci buehler-protein-materials claim extractor" . . . . "Claude Fable 5.1" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Quoted from the published abstract as returned by Europe PMC (2010-nanoconfinement.abstract.txt, sha256 2be45899f6222b221c590011681ac48b833f2ebc8183bd9961a7359f8970d67c); the full text was not read (not in Europe PMC open-access subset). Checked by build/check.py." . . . "Here we report a series of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations, revealing that beta-sheet nanocrystals confined to a few nanometres achieve higher stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness than larger nanocrystals." . . "2be45899f6222b221c590011681ac48b833f2ebc8183bd9961a7359f8970d67c" . "Checksum of the vendored text file inputs/2010-nanoconfinement.abstract.txt, not of the publisher's copy." . . . "Abstract of Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk, as read" . . "buehler-protein-materials" . "2026-11-08T04:38:11.893Z"^^ . . . . . "Sinan Keten et al. 2010 claim: Beta-sheet nanocrystals a few nanometres in size are stiffer, stronger and tougher than larger ones" . . "RSA" . "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAyFHtPB6p0mCjDozxlOY9CmO3nBm7Te3jFbXyLmM+G1tGe47Da0jYIbhkl9Oo1ZjxmCa3LCwlEqK8gj6hEIcL4ahW30JXh9HycfKVk1bugkzMEV15tJdTzAU3sGMFnbNsn43xY2LFLy45tApkRm5byEiM7oRRrooIdwoQKnP4Wzq/bfAoJ9qvW+MGkelyOTd1jbSt+KfmT7xKmDfWzAHddUlWwMX2QJOLxDaffOteTop6ZRgPiNmPJKA/S62Gac9XtSYT3oDkZ6/nr5cxxNLpOyxTf5FPISiCe11xYO/unYjY+mwnOfA8yhJIyx1l0O9I0vpOpn+E5TvyHJV+oSTrvwIDAQAB" . "PbEmItixEhvPZ+pC+YzP+EBrr6oADyYzQTSbCBKzaKj3oF1fjy0DPmhFRXCHfKwNLCP0OUTaMEv1uFQNfAVOaHQJ/hz+o7+GRjCfVH7+92WpaAB+zkxg7XFfz2M42KGsVb2Qi0lk7CSI6Dh+CRyewycbO7fDoOt4qtCI+uMf7u8FuWUNYYCd4jzERPT9RZwQnzM6oR9hMriTTUCcZcjcdfDi+rsDJ74SJOwQbXE780JK3lNwP3s9XlUsvnuiggLcEpvsSDbemWfIt0zCwRIWg4IO+aY5QCjSdOANfYpe2iFY9xgpjBwnLxZpPXTd9TpMDFqOR/0GMZA5xjvhZMnvBA==" . . .