Robustness-strength Performance of Hierarchical Alpha-helical Protein Filaments

ZHAO QIN∗,†, STEVEN CRANFORD∗,†, THEODOR ACKBAROW∗,‡ and MARKUS J BUEHLER∗,†,§,¶ ∗Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., Room 1-235A&B Cambridge, MA, USA †Center for Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA ‡Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Theory Division, Science Park Golm 14424 Potsdam, Germany §Center for Computational Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA ¶[email protected]