Viscoelastic properties of model segments of collagen molecules

Matrix Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Gautieri, Alfonso ^a,b   Vesentini, Simone ^b   Redaelli, Alberto ^b   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomistic simulation; Biomechanics; Collagen; Fibril; Kelvin Voigt model; Molecular mechanics; Relaxation time; Time scale; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES; VISCOSITY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857030823     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: 15691802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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