In the field of biomaterials, recent studies revealed the combination of the inorganic component silica and the organic component collagen to be of great interest as a base material for load-bearing implants. Besides the good biocompatibility of both components individually, this interest has been significantly generated thanks to the mechanical properties of the hybrid material. In this study we use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to analyze the material's structure at different length scales. Starting at the level of single silicified collagen fibrils, we show the microstructure of hybrid networks up to the characterization of monolithic macroscopic samples.
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