Mechanical properties of whole-body soft human tissues: a review

G Singh, A Chanda - Biomedical Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical properties of soft tissues play a key role in studying human injuries and their
mitigation strategies. While such properties are indispensable for computational modelling …

Materials, devices, and systems of on‐skin electrodes for electrophysiological monitoring and human–machine interfaces

H Wu, G Yang, K Zhu, S Liu, W Guo, Z Jiang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
On‐skin electrodes function as an ideal platform for collecting high‐quality
electrophysiological (EP) signals due to their unique characteristics, such as stretchability …

Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects

J Heikenfeld, A Jajack, J Rogers, P Gutruf, L Tian… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Wearable sensors have recently seen a large increase in both research and
commercialization. However, success in wearable sensors has been a mix of both progress …

Bioprinting: From Tissue and Organ Development to in Vitro Models

C Mota, S Camarero-Espinosa, MB Baker… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bioprinting techniques have been flourishing in the field of biofabrication with pronounced
and exponential developments in the past years. Novel biomaterial inks used for the …

Processing of collagen based biomaterials and the resulting materials properties

M Meyer - Biomedical engineering online, 2019 - Springer
Collagen, the most abundant extracellular matrix protein in animal kingdom belongs to a
family of fibrous proteins, which transfer load in tissues and which provide a highly …

Skin mechanical properties and modeling: A review

H Joodaki, MB Panzer - … , Part H: Journal of Engineering in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The mechanical properties of the skin are important for various applications. Numerous tests
have been conducted to characterize the mechanical behavior of this tissue, and this article …

Mechanically and biologically skin-like elastomers for bio-integrated electronics

S Chen, L Sun, X Zhou, Y Guo, J Song, S Qian… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The bio-integrated electronics industry is booming and becoming more integrated with
biological tissues. To successfully integrate with the soft tissues of the body (eg. skin), the …

Soft network composite materials with deterministic and bio-inspired designs

KI Jang, HU Chung, S Xu, CH Lee, H Luan… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Hard and soft structural composites found in biology provide inspiration for the design of
advanced synthetic materials. Many examples of bio-inspired hard materials can be found in …

Engineering bioactive scaffolds for skin regeneration

M Hosseini, A Shafiee - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large skin wounds pose a major clinical challenge. Scarcity of donor site and postsurgical
scarring contribute to the incomplete or partial loss of function and aesthetic concerns in skin …

On the tear resistance of skin

W Yang, VR Sherman, B Gludovatz, E Schaible… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Tear resistance is of vital importance in the various functions of skin, especially protection
from predatorial attack. Here, we mechanistically quantify the extreme tear resistance of skin …