Output details
15 - General Engineering
Queen Mary University of London
Article title
Tough lessons from bone: Extreme mechanical anisotropy at the mesoscale
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
ADV FUNCT MATER
Article number
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Volume number
18
Issue number
13
First page of article
1905
ISSN of journal
1616-301X
Year of publication
2008
URL
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Number of additional authors
4
Additional information
This paper, funded by a Minerva Foundation grant to understand mechanisms of bone toughness, is the first to translate a small-scale microscopic laser-milling method used in high throughput cell sorting to an innovative method to understand the anisotropic mechanics of bone at mesoscopic length scales (10-100microns). We identified a key contributor to bone toughness to be weak interfaces between bone tissue packets (a few hundred microns wide), which can change strength and stiffness by over ~100 times. The research led to invited talks at ESF workshops, ACS PMSE Symposium, and collaboration with six internationally leading groups.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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