Nanostructure and mechanics of mummified type I collagen from the 5300-year-old tyrolean Iceman

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1692, 2010, Pages 2301-2309

  Janko, Marek ^a   Zink, Albert ^a,b   Gigler, Alexander M ^a   Heckl, Wolfgang M ^a,c   Stark, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^c DEUTSCHES MUSEUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient collagen; Atomic force microscopy; Degradation; Iceman; Nanoindentation; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLAGEN; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; PATHOGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77955889255     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0377     Document Type: Article

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