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Reimagining Hair Science: A New Approach to Classify Curly Hair Phenotypes via New Quantitative Geometric and Structural Mechanical Parameters.
Accounts of chemical research - 6 Jun 2023
Gaines Michelle K, Page Imani Y, Miller Nolan A, Greenvall Benjamin R, Medina Joshua J, Irschick Duncan J, Southard Adeline, Ribbe Alexander E, Grason Gregory M, Crosby Alfred J
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Hair is a natural polymeric composite primarily composed of tight macrobundles of keratin proteins, which are highly responsive to external stimuli, similarly to the hydrogels and other natural fibrous gel systems like collagen and fibrin.Hair and its appearance play a significant role in human society. As a highly complex biocomposite system, it has been traditionally challenging to characterize and thus develop...
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