Viscoelastic behavior of discrete human collagen fibrils

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-115

  Svensson, René B ^a   Hassenkam, Tue ^a   Hansen, Philip ^b   Peter Magnusson, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM CANTILEVERS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CYCLIC TESTING; DRY STATE; ELASTIC RESPONSE; ELASTIC STRESS; EPOXY GLUE; FIBRIL BUNDLES; FROZEN STORAGE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; PATELLAR TENDON; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; POWER FUNCTIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; STRAIN RATE DEPENDENCE; STRESS RELAXATION TESTS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOUS RESPONSE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; GLUING; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

STRAIN RATE;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; EPOXIDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 70350568742     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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