Nature builds high performance structures by rational assembly of biopolymers. When the individual biopolymers are separated from the native structure they no longer possess the properties of the original assemblage of biopolymers.

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• Ordering Mechanisms in Proteins
  
• Internal Plasticization of Proteins
  
• Molecular Determinants of Protein Stability

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N.K. Budhavaram and J.R. Barone, "Effect of functionalization on protein properties," submitted to J. Ag. Food Chem. (2008).

N.K. Budhavaram and J.R. Barone, “Simple esters of crude glycerol,” submitted to Biores. Tech. (2008).

A. Athamneh, M. Griffin, M. Whaley, and J.R. Barone, “Conformational changes and molecular mobility in plasticized proteins," Biomacro. in press .

J.R. Barone, “Cellulose fiber-reinforced keratin composites,” submitted to Biol. Eng. (2008).

D.P. Fyhrie, R.K. June, R. Zauel, C. Neu, and J.R. Barone, “Polymer mechanics explains the fraction of cartilage stress relaxation not caused by fluid flow,” submitted to J. Rheol. (2008).

R.K. June, J.R. Barone, D.P. Fyhrie, “Aggrecan stiffness affects tissue-level cartilage stress-relaxation,” accepted to Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2008).

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