Molecular mechanics of mineralized collagen fibrils in bone

Molecular mechanics of mineralized collagen fibrils in bone

Bone is a natural composite of collagen protein and the mineral hydroxyapatite. The structure of bone is known to be important to its load-bearing characteristics, but relatively little is known about this structure or the mechanism that govern deformation at the molecular scale. Here we perform ful...

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Main Authors: Nair, Arun K. (Contributor), Gautieri, Alfonso (Contributor), Chang, Shu-Wei (Contributor), Buehler, Markus J (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Computational Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (Contributor), Buehler, Markus J. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2013-11-25T18:22:42Z.
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