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Letter

Nature Materials 6, 669–672 (1 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/nmat1956

Protective coatings on extensible biofibres

Niels Holten-Andersen , Georg E. Fantner , Sophia Hohlbauch , J. Herbert Waite & Frank W. Zok

Formulating effective coatings for use in nano- and biotechnology poses considerable technical challenges. If they are to provide abrasion resistance, coatings must be hard and adhere well to the underlying substrate.