Helical Fibrillar Microstructure of Tendon using Serial Block-Face SEM and a Mechanical Model for Interfibrillar Load Transfer
B. N. Safa, J. M. Peloquin, J. R. Natriello, J. L. Caplan, D. M. Elliott
This study uses SBF-SEM and finite element modeling to show that helical fibril arrangements in rat tail tendon enable friction-based load transfer without matrix bonding or fibril fusion.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2019 · PreprintBioengineering