Micromechanical testing of individual collagen fibrils

Macromolecular Bioscience

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 697-702

  Van Der Rijt, Joost A J ^a   Van Der Werf, Kees O ^b   Bennink, Martin L ^b   Dijkstra, Pieter J ^a   Feijen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Biofibers; Collagen fibrils; Force spectroscopy; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOFIBERS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; EPOXIDE; POLITEF; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS; ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33749642359     PISSN: 16165187     EISSN: 16165195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200600063     Document Type: Article

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