Microscale mechanical properties of single elastic fibers: The role of fibrillin-microfibrils

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2425-2432

  Koenders, Mieke M J F ^a   Yang, Lanti ^b   Wismans, Ronnie G ^a   van der Werf, Kees O ^c   Reinhardt, Dieter P ^d   Daamen, Willeke ^a   Bennink, Martin L ^c   Dijkstra, Pieter J ^b   van Kuppevelt, Toin H ^a   Feijen, Jan ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Biomedical Technology BMTI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM (atomic force microscopy); Elastin; Mechanical properties; Mechanical test; Nano indentation

Indexed keywords

AFM (ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY); AFM CANTILEVERS; ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIES; DISPLACEMENT CURVES; ELASTIC FIBERS; ELASTIN; ENZYMATIC METHODS; FIBRILLIN; INDENTATION CURVES; MECHANICAL TEST; MICRO MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-FIBRILS; MICRO-SCALE; NANO-INDENTATION TESTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; BENDING TESTS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; TESTING;

ELASTIC MODULI;

FIBRILLIN 1;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCULATION; ELASTIC FIBER; LIGAMENT; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER IMMERSION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC TISSUE; MICROFIBRILS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EQUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60849126954     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.01.038     Document Type: Article

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