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Biofabrication
September 2014
Institute of Biomedical Engineering School and Medicine and School of Engineering, National Taiwan University, 503 Zhanshulou, 1 section 4 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Fiber structure and order greatly impact the mechanical behavior of fibrous materials. In biological tissues, the nonlinear mechanics of fibrous scaffolds contribute to the functionality of the material. The nonlinear mechanical properties of the wavy structure (crimp) in collagen allow tissue flexibility while preventing over-extension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Mech Behav Biomed Mater
August 2014
School of Mechanical Engineering, The Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Electronic address:
A novel collagen-based bio-composite was constructed from micro-crimped long collagen fiber bundles extracted from a soft coral embedded in alginate hydrogel matrix. The mechanical features of this bio-composite were studied for different fiber fractions and in longitudinal and transverse loading modes. The tensile modulus of the alginate hydrogel was 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdv Mater
May 2010
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology, 101 Woodruff Circle, Rm 5105, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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