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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Atomic Force Microscopy Nanoindentation Method on Collagen Fibrils.

Stylianos Vasileios Kontomaris, Andreas Stylianou, Anna Malamou

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. On-glass Interference Confocal Reflectance Microscopy for Collagen Fibril Diameter Measurement.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Stylianos Vasileios KontomarisFaculty of Engineering and Architecture, Metropolitan College, 15125 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4843-1208
Andreas StylianouCancer Mechanobiology and Applied Biophysics Group, Basic and Translational Cancer Research Center, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-1641-1854
Anna MalamouRadar Systems and Remote Sensing Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2695-2435
European University Cyprus · CYMetropolitan College · GRNational Technical University of Athens · GR

Funding

Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation CULTURE/AWARD-YR/0119/0012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atomic Force Microscopy nanoindentation method is a powerful technique that can be used for the nano-mechanical characterization of bio-samples. Significant scientific efforts have been performed during the last two decades to accurately determine the Young's modulus of collagen fibrils at the nanoscale, as it has been proven that mechanical alterations of collagen are related to various pathological conditions. Different contact mechanics models have been proposed for processing the force-indentation data based on assumptions regarding the shape of the indenter and collagen fibrils and on the elastic or elastic-plastic contact assumption. However, the results reported in the literature do not always agree; for example, the Young's modulus values for dry collagen fibrils expand from 0.9 to 11.5 GPa. The most significant parameters for the broad range of values are related to the heterogeneous structure of the fibrils, the water content within the fibrils, the data processing errors, and the uncertainties in the calibration of the probe. An extensive discussion regarding the models arising from contact mechanics and the results provided in the literature is presented, while new approaches with respect to future research are proposed.

Indexed as

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)biological samplesHertz modellinear elasticitymechanical heterogeneous samplesnanomechanical propertiesnanoscaleOliver–Pharr analysisYoung’s modulus

Identifiers

PMID35407813
PMCPMC8999528
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