Structural and micromechanical characterization of type I collagen gels

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-505

  Latinovic, Olga ^a   Hough, Lawrence A ^a   Daniel Ou Yang, H ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen gels; Microrheology; Optical tweezers; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK MEASUREMENTS; COLLAGEN GELS; CONNECTED NETWORKS; DENSE PHASE; INHOMOGENEITIES; MICROMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MICRORHEOLOGY; SOL-TO-GEL TRANSITION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURAL INHOMOGENEITIES; TYPE I COLLAGEN; USE PHASE; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN; GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTICITY;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GELATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TIME; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY;

COLLAGEN TYPE I; ELASTIC MODULUS; GELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 74449083130     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.041     Document Type: Article

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