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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomater Sci. 2013 Aug 9;1(11):10.1039/C3BM60129C. doi: 10.1039/C3BM60129C

Table 1. Comprehensive list of tunable mechanical properties of engineered collagen matrices.

Design Collagen Concentration Crosslinked Layers Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa) Strain at failure (%) Young's Modulus (MPa) Resilience (%) Thickness (μm)
1 0.625 Yes 1 5.22 ± 1.54 11.8 ± 2.33 57.2 ± 13.2 93.0 ± 3.77 10.5 ± 1.74
2 0.625 Yes 2 10.5 ± 1.07 12.1 ± 2.93 114 ± 15.2 93.1 ± 2.56 16.5 ± 1.93
3 0.625 Yes 4 9.46 ± 1.23 15.6 ± 2.27 94.8 ± 15.8 93.8 ± 3.31 30.2 ± 2.78
4 1.25 Yes 1 4.72 ± 1.01 9.29 ± 2.31 62.8 ± 13.8 96.6 ± 1.36 20.5 ± 5.65
5 2.5 Yes 1 5.11 ± 1.24 12.5 ± 1.91 59.4 ± 8.19 96.1 ± 1.67 35.5 ± 2.26
6 2.5 Yes 2 8.03 ± 0.49 10.8 ± 0.91 106 ± 9.22 97.8 ± 1.26 63.0 ± 2.47
7 2.5 Yes 4 8.17 ± 0.53 13.0 ± 0.96 93.3 ± 4.03 98.6 ± 0.26 124 ± 2.42
8 5 Yes 1 4.86 ± 1.32 15.4 ± 2.73 52.0 ± 16.5 98.7 ± 1.45 76.4 ± 5.21
9 0.625 No 1 0.75 ± 0.09 40.4 ± 4.35 1.99 ± 0.24 57.9 ± 16.7 10.1 ± 0.81
10 0.625 No 2 1.63 ± 0.38 38.9 ± 5.29 6.27 ± 1.57 60.0 ± 12.7 16.8 ± 1.13
11 0.625 No 4 1.55 ± 0.29 38.4 ± 6.35 6.10 ± 0.99 57.7 ± 5.66 30.6 ± 1.87
12 1.25 No 1 0.80 ± 0.11 47.6 ± 6.72 2.24 ± 0.69 73.6 ± 9.50 23.6 ± 1.99
13 2.5 No 1 0.71 ± 0.06 37.1 ± 2.21 2.09 ± 0.42 58.9 ± 4.43 37.8 ± 3.09
14 2.5 No 2 1.62 ± 0.40 36.9 ± 12.5 5.22 ± 0.48 63.9 ± 2.62 65.3 ± 2.01
15 2.5 No 4 1.45 ± 0.23 36.9 ± 3.24 4.48 ± 0.58 61.8 ± 3.65 116 ± 5.69
16 2.5 No 12 1.77 ± 0.32 34.4 ± 3.89 6.18 ± 1.45 67.9 ± 2.30 368 ± 16.5
17 5 No 1 0.57 ± 0.09 38.6 ± 10.3 2.15 ± 0.730 66.7 ± 4.91 73.1 ± 4.56

Data is represented at mean ± S.D. for 4 representative samples.