Mineralized collagen fibrils: A mechanical model with a staggered arrangement of mineral particles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1737-1746

  Jäger, Ingomar ^a   Fratzl, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; MINERAL FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0033798413     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76426-5     Document Type: Article

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