ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Many experiments have been done to determine the relative strengths of different knots, and these show that the break in a knotted rope almost invariably occurs at the point just outside the ‘entrance’ to the knot. The influence of knots on the properties of polymers has become of ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/19935
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