Structural Breakdown of Collagen Type I Elastin Blend Polymerization.

ABSTRACT: Biopolymer blends are advantageous materials with novel properties that may show performances way beyond their individual constituents. Collagen elastin hybrid gels are a new representative of such materials as they employ elastin's thermo switching behavior in the physiological temperature regime. Although recent studies highlight the potential applications of such systems, little is known about the interaction of collagen and elastin fibers during polymerization. In fact, the final network structure is predetermined in the early and mostly arbitrary association of the fibers. We investigated type I collagen polymerized with bovine neck ligament elastin with up to 33.3 weight percent elastin and showed, by using a plate reader, zeta potential and laser scanning microscopy (LSM) experiment

SUBMITTER: Wilharm N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9611167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature