Local extensional flows promote long-range fiber alignment in 3D collagen hydrogels
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DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ac7824
Abstract: Randomly oriented type I collagen (COL1) fibers in the extracellular matrix are reorganized by biophysical forces into aligned domains extending several millimeters and with varying degrees of fiber alignment. These aligned fibers can transmit traction… read more here.
Keywords: local extensional; extensional flows; shear flows; fiber alignment ... See more keywords