Tendon-inspired fibers from liquid crystalline collagen as the pre-oriented bioink
Feng Deng, Yuan Dang, Lele Tang, Tianshuo Hu, Cui-Cui Ding, Xiaoqing Hu, Hui Wu, Lihui Chen, Liulian Huang, Yonghao Ni, Min Zhang
Topics & Concepts
Collagen fiberUltimate tensile strengthTendonSpinningMaterials scienceFiberCollagen fibrilShearing (physics)Composite materialMechanical strengthModulusBiomedical engineeringBiophysicsAnatomyBiologyMedicineCollagen: Extraction and CharacterizationSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsBone Tissue Engineering Materials