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Descriptif technique :

Material: highly concentrated collagen solution, at 450mg/mL
Microscope: polarized light optical microscopy (PLOM), 10x magnification

Technique de réalisation/Apport scientifique :

The PLOM birefringence allows to observe unprecedent organization of collagen molecules, and confirm their supramolecular arrangement into liquid crystal-like phases. Color originates from the optical properties of the collagen molecules organization. At low concentration, image is completely black.

Provenance : LCMCP – Sorbonne Université