title: Composite materials. Taking a leaf from nature's book.
abstract: Amyloid protein fibrils and graphene sheets can be combined to make a material that is biodegradable and has useful shape-memory and enzyme-sensing properties.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Max I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Solar
authors.forename: Markus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Buehler
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D006108:Graphite