Nanoscale scraping and dissection of collagen fibrils

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 38, 2008, Pages

  Wenger, M P E ^a   Horton, M A ^a   Mesquida, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADHESION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISSECTION; HARDNESS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 51349147991     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/38/384006     Document Type: Article

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