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Intrafibrillar plasticity through mineral/collagen sliding is the dominant mechanism for the extreme toughness of antler bone.

This paper is the first ever study to show that the nanostructure of bone provides significant (50%) contribution to macroscopic biomechanics and that this occurs through a nanoscale frictional interfacial sliding between mineral platelets and collagen molecules. Consequently we can predict the full macroscopic stress strain curve from experimental obtained nanostructural parameters. It led to invitations to lead a special session on “Multiscale Bone Mechanics” at the leading conference in this field – the 5th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues (2013) and to present at the European Society of Biomechanics (2013) and the World Congress of Biomechanics (2014).