Delayed luminescence from bovine Achilles' tendon and its dependence on collagen structure.
Delayed luminescence from ox Achilles' tendons is found to depend on the order parameters of the collagen fibres and on both water content and the temperature, which affect those parameters.
Ho
M W
MW
Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK8 6AA, UK.
Musumeci
F
F
Scordino
A
A
Triglia
A
A
Privitera
G
G
D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D013816:Thermodynamics; D016474:Weight-Bearing
D003094:Collagen