Viscoelastic properties of isolated collagen fibrils

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3008-3015

  Shen, Zhilei Liu ^a,d   Kahn, Harold ^b   Ballarini, Roberto ^c   Eppell, Steven J ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 79960292996     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.052     Document Type: Article

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