Observing Effects of Calcium/Magnesium Ions and pH Value on the Self-Assembly of Extracted Swine Tendon Collagen by Atomic Force Microscopy

Figure 3

Typical AFM height images of collagen self-assembly in CaCl₂ and MgCl₂ solution with different ions concentration in 512 × 512 pixels: (a, d) 0.1 M; (b, e) 0.2 M; (c, f) 0.3 M.

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