supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China("973"program)(Grant Nos.2013CB932604,2012CB933403);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.91023026);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant NosNP2013309,NS2012043);Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds(Grant No.1302015B);the NUAA Research Initiative for New Stuff(Grant No.1011-YAH13042)
Spine is the sharpest and hardest part of many plants, which contains highly aligned fiber cells. Here, we report the micro- structures and mechanical properties as well as their correlation of single spine fiber cel...