Figure 2.

Self-assembly and “cold-melt” rheological data of (A) collagen (G′ −) and (B) CMA (G′ −) with respect to temperature (---). The temperature was cycled between 4 and 34 °C at a rate of 10 °C/min with a dwell time of 5 min for a total of 10 cycles. CMA continues to show rapid disassembly and reassembly as demonstrated by a decrease and increase in the storage modulus, respectively, even after 10 temperature cycles. Collagen exhibits some change in storage modulus with respect to temperature; however, it remains a hydrogel throughout the temperature sweeps.