The structure of people’s hair

Hair is a filamentous biomaterial consisting mainly of proteins in particular keratin. The structure of human hair is well known: the medulla is a loosely packed, disordered region near the centre of the hair surrounded by the cortex, which contains the major part of the fibre mass, mainly consistin...

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Main Authors: Fei-Chi Yang, Yuchen Zhang, Maikel C. Rheinstädter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/619.pdf