About the Authors

Olga Antipova

olga.antipova@gmail.com (OA); orgel@iit.edu (JO)

Affiliation Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Joseph P. R. O. Orgel

olga.antipova@gmail.com (OA); orgel@iit.edu (JO)

Affiliation Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Author Joseph Orgel is a section editor and member of the editorial board of PLoS ONE. The Journal had no part or influence in the research reported or in the writing of the originally submitted manuscript. A patent application has been made that pertains to data reported in this manuscript. #12/419,689: “THIN FIBRIL COLLAGEN MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THIN FIBRIL COLLAGEN FROM NATIVE COLLAGEN FIBERS.” This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OA JO. Performed the experiments: OA JO. Analyzed the data: OA JO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OA JO. Wrote the paper: OA JO.