Collagen is the major component of most connective tissues in animals. The structure of the
helix and axial molecular packing within fibrils is well documented. Less is known about the
structural alterations that occur on drying and the compounded changes that occur on
dehydrothermal treatment. The structural properties of collagen and its supramolecular
architecture are of importance in these states, since many of the industrial applications of
collagen-based materials involve dried collagen or dehydrothermally treated collagen. The …