Osmotic pressure induced tensile forces in tendon collagen

Osmotic pressure induced tensile forces in tendon collagen

Water is an important component of collagen in tendons, but its role for the function of this load-carrying protein structure is poorly understood. Here we use a combination of multi-scale experimentation and computation to show that water is an integral part of the collagen molecule, which changes...

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Main Authors: Masic, Admir, Bertinetti, Luca, Schuetz, Roman, Chang, Shu-Wei, Metzger, Till Hartmut, Fratzl, Peter, Buehler, Markus J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96407
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96407
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4173-9659

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