Micromechanical analysis of native and cross-linked collagen type I fibrils supports the existence of microfibrils

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-158

  Yang, L ^a   van der Werf, K O ^a   Dijkstra, P J ^a   Feijen, J ^a   Bennink, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFM (atomic force microscopy); Collagen; Mechanical properties; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM (ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY); AFM CANTILEVERS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COLLAGEN MOLECULES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; GLASS SURFACES; LINEAR REGION; MICRO-FIBRILS; MICRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MICROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PRONY SERIES; RELAXATION MEASUREMENTS; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; TENSILE TESTS; TOE REGION; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; IODINE; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COW; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FIBER; HEEL; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICS; MICROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; GLASS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 83455211478     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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