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Microcrimped Collagen Fiber‐Elastin Composites
Author(s) -
Caves Jeffrey M.,
Kumar Vivek A.,
Xu Wenjun,
Naik Nisarga,
Allen Mark G.,
Chaikof Elliot L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200903612
Subject(s) - microfiber , elastin , materials science , composite material , composite number , fabrication , fiber , membrane , collagen fiber , matrix (chemical analysis) , anatomy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
A flexible membrane templating 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.