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A Soy Protein-Based Composite Film with a Hierarchical Structure Inspired by Nacre

Yecheng Xu¹, Chaojie Xu¹, Mingsong Chen¹, Jianzhang Li¹, Ling Zeng², Jing Luo³, Qiang Gao^1,*, Sheldon Q. Shi^4,*

1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering & MOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
2 Nanning SCISKY Waterborne Technologies Co., Ltd., Nanning, 530105, China
3 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
4 College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, 76207-7102, USA

* Corresponding Authors: Qiang Gao. Email: ; Sheldon Q. Shi. Email: