Abstract
A flexible membrane temlating technique (a) is developed for the fabrication of microcrimped collagen microfibers (b) that are embedded in an elastin-like protein matrix to generate hierarchical, biologically inspired fiber-reinforced composites (c). The microcrimped structure is stable under cyclic loading and the mechanical response of the engineered collagen-elastin composite mimics that of native tissue. (Figure Presented)
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2041-2044 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Advanced Materials |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 11 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering