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15 - General Engineering
Queen Mary University of London
Extrafibrillar diffusion and intrafibrillar swelling at the nanoscale are associated with stress relaxation in the soft collagenous matrix tissue of tendons
This paper takes a unique multilevel hierarchical approach to quantifying water movement during stress relaxation, and provided some of the first nano- and micro-level analysis of water exudation. The fundamental importance of this information has ensured the paper has elicited considerable interest, particularly from mathematical modelling researchers. The work has led to a collaboration with internationally-leading modelling colleagues in Utah (Prof Weiss) and his award of the ASME 2013 Van Mow Medal. We have already submitted one joint grant application (decision pending), and have instigated a PDRA exchange programme between the two universities.