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Figure 8

From: In vitro fibrillogenesis of tropocollagen type III in collagen type I affects its relative fibrillar topology and mechanics

Figure 8

Measured dynamic elastic moduli of collagen fibrils for different loading rates (1–100 Hz). (a) Elastic moduli versus Col-III:Col-I mixing ratio expressed as the mean ± standard error. The differences were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05); (b) The semi-logarithmic diagrams of the average elastic moduli versus Col-III:Col-I mixing ratios and the fitted curves. F1, F2, and F3 denote the logarithmic function of the elastic modulus E at 1, 10, and 100 Hz, respectively. The elastic moduli obtained at 100 Hz were found to be greater than the ones obtained at 10 Hz. Similarly, the moduli obtained at 10 Hz were greater than the ones obtained at 1 Hz.

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