Determination of the number of crosslinks in collagens from mechanical properties of swollen fibers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1577-1586

  Honda, Ichiro ^a   Arai, Kozo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; ELASTIC MODULI; LIGAMENTS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FIBERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING; TENDONS;

CROSSLINK DENSITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0030571460     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19961205)62:10<1577::aid-app9>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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