Modelling the mechanics of partially mineralized collagen fibrils, fibres and tissue

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 92, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yanxin ^a   Thomopoulos, Stavros ^b   Chen, Changqing ^c   Birman, Victor ^d   Buehler, Markus J ^e   Genin, Guy M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Mechanics of developing tissues; Mineralization; Mineralized fibrils; Nanomechanics; Tendon to bone attachment

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BONE; COLLAGEN; MECHANICS; MINERALOGY; NANOMECHANICS; SOLVENTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERED TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; HIERARCHICAL MATERIALS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MINERALIZATION; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN FIBRILS; MINERALIZED FIBRILS; TENDON TO BONES;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; NANOMATERIAL; PROTEOGLYCAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; APATITE; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; FIBER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RIGIDITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENDON; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRIPLE HELIX; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICS OF DEVELOPING TISSUES; METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; MINERALIZED FIBRILS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON-TO-BONE ATTACHMENT;

BONE; MECHANICS OF DEVELOPING TISSUES; MINERALIZATION; MINERALIZED FIBRILS; NANOMECHANICS; TENDON-TO-BONE ATTACHMENT;

APATITES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; COLLAGEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84893134593     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0835     Document Type: Article

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