dc.contributor.author | Licup, Albert James | |
dc.contributor.author | Münster, Stefan | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharma, Abhinav | |
dc.contributor.author | Sheinman, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Jawerth, Louise | |
dc.contributor.author | Fabry, Ben | |
dc.contributor.author | Weitz, David | |
dc.contributor.author | MacKintosh, Fred | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-09T13:56:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Licup, Albert James, Stefan Münster, Abhinav Sharma, Michael Sheinman, Louise M. Jawerth, Ben Fabry, David A. Weitz, and Fred C. MacKintosh. 2015. “Stress Controls the Mechanics of Collagen Networks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences112 (31): 9573–78. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504258112. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0027-8424 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0744-2831 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1091-6490 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41511266 | * |
dc.description.abstract | Collagen is the main structural and load-bearing element of various connective tissues, where it forms the extracellular matrix that supports cells. It has long been known that collagenous tissues exhibit a highly nonlinear stress-strain relationship, although the origins of this nonlinearity remain unknown. Here, we show that the nonlinear stiffening of reconstituted type I collagen networks is controlled by the applied stress and that the network stiffness becomes surprisingly insensitive to network concentration. We demonstrate how a simple model for networks of elastic fibers can quantitatively account for the mechanics of reconstituted collagen networks. Our model points to the important role of normal stresses in determining the nonlinear shear elastic response, which can explain the approximate exponential relationship between stress and strain reported for collagenous tissues. This further suggests principles for the design of synthetic fiber networks with collagen-like properties, as well as a mechanism for the control of the mechanics of such networks. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | National Academy of Sciences | |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | Stress controls the mechanics of collagen networks | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | |
dc.relation.journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | |
dash.depositing.author | Weitz, David A.::4c144b06be6d094b21dbe2dd12dbef76::600 | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-09T13:56:39Z | |
dash.workflow.comments | 1Science Serial ID 92279 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1073/pnas.1504258112 | |
dash.source.volume | 112;31 | |
dash.source.page | 9573 | |