简介：Usingeucollagensolutionsfromoxhide,wecastcollagenfilmstoassesstheinfluenceofcalciumandsilicaonthere-constitutionofthefibrousstructureofcollagen.Thetensilestrengthandthebreakingelongationofthereconstitutedcollagenfilmsweremeasuredandanalysed.Significantdifferenceswereobservedbetweenreconstitutedcollagenfilmswithandwithoutcalciumandsilica.Thebreakingelongationofthefilmsobtainedinthepresenceofsilicawassignificantlygreater,andthedegradationwaslowerthanotherfilmsofreconstitutedcollagen.Collagenandchitosandonotexisttogetherasblendsinnature,butthespecificpropertiesofeachmaybeusedtoproduceinbiomimeticwayman-madeblendswithbiomedicalapplications,thatconferuniquestructural,mechanical(detail)andinvivoproperties.

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