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15. DL Barreiro, J Yeo, A Tarakanova, FJ Martin-Martinez, MJ Buehler. Multiscale Modeling of Silk and Silk-Based Biomaterials — A Review. Macromolecular Bioscience, 2018, 1800253 View PDF»

14. A Tarakanova, GC Yeo, C Baldock, AS Weiss, MJ Buehler. Tropoelastin is a flexible molecule that retains its canonical shape. Macromolecular Bioscience, 2018, 1800250 View PDF»

13. A Tarakanova, GC Yeo, C Baldock, AS Weiss, MJ Buehler. Molecular model of human tropoelastin and implications of associated mutations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115 (28), 7338-7343 View PDF»

12. J Yeo, GS Jung, A Tarakanova, FJ Martín-Martínez, Z Qin, Y Cheng, YW Zhang, MJ Buehler. Multiscale modeling of keratin, collagen, elastin and related human diseases: Perspectives from atomistic to coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2018, 20, 112-124 View PDF»

11. J Yeo, W Huang, A Tarakanova, YW Zhang, DL Kaplan, MJ Buehler. Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of thermo-responsive properties of silk-elastin-like proteins by integrating multiscale modeling and experiment. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018, 6 (22), 3727-3734 View PDF»

10. A Tarakanova, W Huang, AS Weiss, DL Kaplan, MJ Buehler. Computational smart polymer design based on elastin protein mutability. Biomaterials, 2017, 127, 49-60 View PDF»

9. A Tarakanova, W Huang, Z Qin, DL Kaplan, MJ Buehler. Modeling and Experiment Reveal Structure and Nanomechanics across the Inverse Temperature Transition in B. mori Silk-Elastin-like Protein Polymers. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2017, 3 (11), 2889-2899 View PDF»

8. W Huang, D Ebrahimi, N Dinjaski, A Tarakanova, Markus J Buehler, JY Wong, DL Kaplan. Synergistic Integration of Experimental and Simulation Approaches for the de Novo Design of Silk-Based Materials. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2017, 50 (4), 866-876 View PDF»

7. W Huang, A Tarakanova, N Dinjaski, Q Wang, X Xia, Y Chen, JY Wong, MJ Buehler, DL Kaplan. Design of Multistimuli Responsive Hydrogels Using Integrated Modeling and Genetically Engineered Silk–Elastin‐Like Proteins. Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26 (23), 4113-4123 View PDF»

6. GC Yeo, A Tarakanova, C Baldock, SG Wise, MJ Buehler, AS Weiss. Subtle balance of tropoelastin molecular shape and flexibility regulates dynamics and hierarchical assembly. Science Advances, 2016, 2 (2), e1501145 View PDF»

5. A Tarakanova, SW Chang, MJ Buehler. Computational Materials Science of Bionanomaterials: Structure, Mechanical Properties and Applications of Elastin and Collagen Proteins. Handbook of Nanomaterials Properties, 2014, 941-962 View PDF»

4. A Tarakanova, MJ Buehler. Molecular modeling of protein materials: case study of elastin. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 2013, 21 (6), 063001 View PDF»

3. A Tarakanova, MJ Buehler. The role of capture spiral silk properties in the diversification of orb webs. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2012, 9 (77), 3240-3248 View PDF»

2. A Tarakanova, MJ Buehler. A materiomics approach to spider silk: protein molecules to webs. JOM, 2012, 64 (2), 214-225 View PDF»

1. SW Cranford, A Tarakanova, NM Pugno, MJ Buehler. Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs. Nature, 2012, 482 (7383), 72 View PDF»