Issue 21/2007
Nano- and micromechanical properties of hierarchical biological materials: Linking mechanics, chemistry and biology; Guest Editor: Markus J. Buehler
Content (41 Articles)
Nano- and micromechanical properties of hierarchical biological materials and tissues
Markus J. Buehler
Superelasticity, energy dissipation and strain hardening of vimentin coiled-coil intermediate filaments: atomistic and continuum studies
Theodor Ackbarow, Markus J. Buehler
Nanomechanics and Raman spectroscopy of fibrillin 2 knock-out mouse bones
N. B. Kavukcuoglu, E. Arteaga-Solis, S. Lee-Arteaga, F. Ramirez, A. B. Mann
Mechanics of molecular collagen is influenced by hydroxyapatite in natural bone
Rahul Bhowmik, Kalpana S. Katti, Dinesh R. Katti
A solid-state NMR comparison of the mineral structure in bone from diseased joints in the horse
Sergey Maltsev, Melinda J. Duer, Rachel C. Murray, Christian Jaeger
A continuum model for remodeling in living structures
Ellen Kuhl, Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Micromechanics of crystal interfaces in polycrystalline solid phases of porous media: fundamentals and application to strength of hydroxyapatite biomaterials
Andreas Fritsch, Luc Dormieux, Christian Hellmich, Julien Sanahuja
Stretching a stiff polymer in a tube
Jizeng Wang, Huajian Gao
Atomistic-mesoscale coupled mechanical analysis of polymeric nanofibers
V. U. Unnikrishnan, G. U. Unnikrishnan, J. N. Reddy, C. T. Lim
A polyconvex hyperelastic model for fiber-reinforced materials in application to soft tissues
Alexander E. Ehret, Mikhail Itskov
Tubulin: from atomistic structure to supramolecular mechanical properties
Marco A. Deriu, Søren Enemark, Monica Soncini, Franco M. Montevecchi, Alberto Redaelli
Analysis of deformation coupled surface remodeling in porous biomaterials
Partha Ganguly, Franz-Josef Ulm
Effects of contact shape on biological wet adhesion
Yewang Su, Baohua Ji, Yonggang Huang, Kehchih Hwang
Multiscale model of electronic behavior and localization in stretched dry DNA
Ryan L. Barnett, Paul Maragakis, Ari Turner, Maria Fyta, Efthimios Kaxiras
An lower bound on receptor density for stable cell adhesion due to thermal undulations
Yuan Lin, L. B. Freund
Fracture and repair of bone: a multiscale problem
David Taylor
Insights into whole bone and tooth function using optical metrology
Ron Shahar, Steve Weiner
Synergistic effects of metals and oxidants in the curing of marine mussel adhesive
Lauren M. Hight, Jonathan J. Wilker
Mechanics of the hysteretic large strain behavior of mussel byssus threads
Katia Bertoldi, Mary C. Boyce
The micro-structural strain response of tendon
Vinton W. T. Cheng, Hazel R. C. Screen
Towards an atomistic understanding of apatite–collagen biomaterials: linking molecular simulation studies of complex-, crystal- and composite-formation to experimental findings
Dirk Zahn, Oliver Hochrein, Agnieszka Kawska, Jürgen Brickmann, Rüdiger Kniep
Modifications of spider silk sequences in an attempt to control the mechanical properties of the synthetic fibers
Florence Teulé, William A. Furin, Alyssa R. Cooper, Joshua R. Duncan, Randolph V. Lewis
Time-dependant intercellular delamination of human stratum corneum
Kenneth S. Wu, James Li, K. P. Ananthapadmanabhan, Reinhold H. Dauskardt
Mechanical modeling of viral capsids
Melissa M. Gibbons, William S. Klug
The structural efficiency of orthotropic stalks, stems and tubes
Ulrike G. K. Wegst, Michael F. Ashby
A novel method to prepare magnetic nanoparticles: precipitation in bicontinuous microemulsions
Jesús Esquivel, Isabel A. Facundo, M. Esther Treviño, Raúl G. López
The relationship between atomic partitioning and corrosion resistance in the weld-heat affected zone microstructures of UNS S32304 duplex stainless steel
Carlos Mario Garzón, Carlos A. Serna, Sérgio D. Brandi, Antonio J. Ramirez
The effect of Sm substitution on properties of Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca2−x Sm x Cu3O y superconductors
Mustafa Yilmazlar, Huseyin Aydin, Ahmet Varilci, Cabir Terzioglu
Study of air oxidation of amorphous Zr65Cu17.5Ni10Al7.5 by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
A. Dhawan, V. Zaporojtchenko, F. Faupel, S. K. Sharma
Structure–property relationship of shape memory polyurethane cross-linked by a polyethyleneglycol spacer between polyurethane chains
Byoung Chul Chun, Tae Keun Cho, Mi Hwa Chong, Yong-Chan Chung
Formation of surface magnetite nanoparticles from iron-exchanged zeolite using microwave radiation
J. A. Heuser, W. U. Spendel, A. N. Pisarenko, C. Yu, M. J. Pechan, G. E. Pacey
Effect of chromium addition on microstructure, tensile properties and creep resistance of as-cast Ti-48Al alloy
E. Hamzah, M. Kanniah, M. Harun
Phosphonium iodine as nickel corrosion inhibitor in 1 M sulfuric acid medium
Fatima Said, Nébil Souissi, Karima Es-Salah, Najat Hajjaji, Ezzeddine Triki, Abdullah Srhiri
Study on the non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of PA6/silica nanocomposites prepared by the sol–gel process
Caixian Zhao, Ping Zhang, Shaorong Lu, Jiangping He, Xiayu Wang
Modelling microstructure evolution towards ultrafine crystallinity produced by severe plastic deformation
Yuri Estrin, Hyoung Seop Kim
Recent progress on the study of the microstructure and mechanical properties of ECAE copper
Florian H. Dalla Torre, Azdiar A. Gazder, Elena V. Pereloma, Christopher H. J. Davies
Accelerated bainitic transformation during cyclic austempering
Vivekanand Sista, Philip Nash, Satyam S. Sahay
Cracking of densely coated layer adhesively bonded to porous substrates under Hertzian stress
Kee Sung Lee, Sang Kyum Kim, Chul Kim, Tae Woo Kim, Do Kyung Kim
Effect of long-range ordering in a Ni–Mo alloy on its mechanical properties and corrosion resistance
H. M. Tawancy, F. K. Alyousef
Three-dimensional (3D) microstructure-based modeling of crack growth in particle reinforced composites
A. Ayyar, N. Chawla