Nano-mechanical properties of individual mineralized collagen fibrils from bone tissue

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 57, 2011, Pages 500-505

  Hang, Fei ^a   Barber, Asa H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biomechanics; Bone; Mineralized collagen fibril

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COLLAGEN; DEFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN HARDENING;

BONE MATERIALS; BONE TISSUE; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CRITICAL STRAINS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INHOMOGENEOUS DEFORMATION; LINEAR DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE MATRIX; BONE TISSUE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79952221863     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0413     Document Type: Article

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