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Piezoelectricity in collagen films

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Tissue collagen exhibits several levels of structural organization, and this complicates efforts to determine the origin of its piezoelectricity. We made collagen films—by evaporation and electrodeposition from solution—and examined the relation between collagen's piezoelectricity and its electron microscopic appearance. We found that the electrodeposited films were more organized and exhibited higher piezoelectric coefficients than the evaporated films. Despite this, the evaporated films were piezoelectric, thereby suggesting that the effect originates either at the level of the tropocollagen molecule or, at most, with aggregated structures no larger than 50 Å in diameter.

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  1. Veterans Administration Medical Center, 13210, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Andrew A. Marino, Joseph A. Spadaro & R. O. Becker

  2. Rikagaku Kenkyusho, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako-shi, 351, Saitama, Japan

    Eiichi Fukada

  3. Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 19118, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Leo D. Kahn

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Marino, A.A., Spadaro, J.A., Fukada, E. et al. Piezoelectricity in collagen films. Calcif Tissue Int 31, 257–259 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02407190

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