Dynamic mechanical analysis of collagen fibrils at the nanoscale

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Grant, Colin A ^a   Phillips, Michael A ^b   Thomson, Neil H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bicester Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Collagen fibrils; D banding; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Elastic modulus

Indexed keywords

AFM; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; CROSSING OVER; D-BANDING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; GAP REGIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; NANO SCALE; OVERLAP REGION; TYPE I COLLAGEN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLAGEN; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; IODINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; TROPOCOLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS TESTS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NANOSTRUCTURES; RATS; TENDONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 81455158816     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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