Real-time visualization of collagen assembly uncovers metastable properties in hierarchical organization

B Bohuan Fang D Dan Zeng Z Zhiguang Duan B Bei Gao T Tong Zhu X Xiao He L Liming Xu X Xinglan Liu Q Qixin He L Luobin Huang H Huangchen Shen Z Zhaoting Yuan S Siqi Li Y YaWen Jiang Y Yuxi Zhang (Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University) Y Yinghui Feng C Chuanxi Zhang H Hao Wei (Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science) J John Z. H. Zhang (Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology 2 , Shenzhen 518055,) G Grant J. Jensen D Daidi Fan (Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering) L Lujia Zhang (Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 1 , Shanghai 200062,)

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published May 05, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (22)

B

Bohuan Fang

D

Dan Zeng

Z

Zhiguang Duan

B

Bei Gao

T

Tong Zhu

X

Xiao He

L

Liming Xu

X

Xinglan Liu

Q

Qixin He

L

Luobin Huang

H

Huangchen Shen

Z

Zhaoting Yuan

S

Siqi Li

Y

YaWen Jiang

Y

Yuxi Zhang

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University

Y

Yinghui Feng

C

Chuanxi Zhang

H

Hao Wei

Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science

J

John Z. H. Zhang

Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology 2 , Shenzhen 518055,

G

Grant J. Jensen

D

Daidi Fan

Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, School of Chemical Engineering

L

Lujia Zhang

Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 1 , Shanghai 200062,