Figure 2.
Polarization imaging of tissue strips before collagen exposure and after sample failure. Polarization axes were oriented at either 0°–90° or 45°–135° (see first frames of (A) for polarization axis orientation example indicated by dashed lines). A) Control Test with 0.25N load no degradation; B) Digestion Test with 0.25N load; C) Digestion Test without Load. Figure S4 in supplementary information shows digestion test with 0.1N load