Effects of photochemical riboflavin-mediated crosslinks on the physical properties of collagen constructs and fibrils

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-21

  Rich, Harvey ^b   Odlyha, Marianne ^c   Cheema, Umber ^b   Mudera, Vivek ^b   Bozec, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN CONSTRUCTS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COLLAGEN SCAFFOLDS; COMBINED TECHNIQUES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FIBRIL MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; PLASTIC COMPRESSION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; ELASTIC MODULI; MORPHOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

COLLAGEN;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; RIBOFLAVIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBER; HYDRATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RATS; RIBOFLAVIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84893351084     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-013-5038-7     Document Type: Article

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