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15524943

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
The high stiffness and toughness of biomineralized tissues are related to the material deformation mechanisms at different levels of organization, from trabeculae and osteons at the micrometer level to the mineralized collagen fibrils at the nanometer length scale. Quantitatively little is known about the sub-micrometer deformation mechanisms under applied load. Using a parallel-fibred mineralized tissue from the turkey leg tendon as a model for the mineralized collagen fibrils, we used in situ tensile testing with synchrotron x-ray diffraction to measure the average fibril deformation with applied external strain. Diffraction peak splitting occurred at large strains, implying an inhomogeneous elongation of collagen fibrils. Scanning electron microscopy measurements lead us to conclude that the inhomogeneous mineralization in mineralized tendon is at the origin of the high fracture strain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0031-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
158101
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Synchrotron diffraction study of deformation mechanisms in mineralized tendon.
pubmed:affiliation
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article