The interface between collagen and the mineral reinforcement phase, carbonated
hydroxyapatite (cAp), is essential for bone's remarkable functionality as a biological …

Most hard tissues have as their primary purpose to be stiff. Outside the arthropods,
mineralisation of a soft organic matrix is the almost universal method of producing high …

This second edition of the Bone Mechanics Handbook summarizes the current
understanding of bone mechanics with comprehensive coverage of the histology …

Despite centuries of work, dating back to Galileo, the molecular basis of bone's toughness
and strength remains largely a mystery. A great deal is known about bone microsctructure …

In our paper, we discuss how the early phases of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are linked to
peri-firbocartilagenous osteitis in the sacroiliac joint and entheseal bone related anchoring …

Bone and nacre are the most-known biological hard tissues to materials researchers.
Although highly mineralized, both bone and nacre are amazingly tough and exhibit …

Compact bone specimens from many species were examined to determine the
relationships, in tension, between mineral content, Young's modulus, yield stress, yield …

Bone is a complex, hierarchically organized organ system whose composition and structure
are closely related to, and in many ways controlled by, the functional demands made upon it …

Microdamage resulting from fatigue or 'wear and tear'loading contributes to bone fragility;
however, the full extent of its influence is not completely understood. Linear microcracks (∼ …

Bending, in addition to compression, is recognized to be a common loading pattern in long
bones in animals. However, due to the technical difficulty of measuring bone deformation in …