We were, of course, making an optical transform, which is an optical analog of the X-ray diffraction fiber pattern ... saw a reduced image of a whole repeat of the six-foot collagen model.

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In human tissue, collagen fibres are often observed to form crimped or wavy microstructures. The reproduction of this crimped morphology in synthetic scaffolds may enhance the mechanical behaviour ...