Mechanical response of individual collagen fibrils in loaded tendon as measured by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Rigozzi, S ^a   Stemmer, A ^a   Muller R ^a   Snedeker, J G ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Collagen fibril; Collagen network; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; LOADING TEST; MICROSCOPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MURINAE;

EID: 80052294694     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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