Soft, wearable robotics and haptics: Technologies, trends, and emerging applications

M Zhu, S Biswas, SI Dinulescu, N Kastor… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics highlight the potential for
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …

3D bioprinting for cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering

AC Daly, FE Freeman… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Significant progress has been made in the field of cartilage and bone tissue engineering
over the last two decades. As a result, there is real promise that strategies to regenerate …

Influence of the pore size and porosity of selective laser melted Ti6Al4V ELI porous scaffold on cell proliferation, osteogenesis and bone ingrowth

Z Chen, X Yan, S Yin, L Liu, X Liu, G Zhao, W Ma… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper systematically investigates the biomedical performance of selective laser melted
(SLM) porous Ti6Al4V ELI scaffolds for bone implantation through in vitro and in vivo …

Biomechanics and mechanobiology of trabecular bone: a review

R Oftadeh, M Perez-Viloria… - Journal of …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Trabecular bone is a highly porous, heterogeneous, and anisotropic material which can be
found at the epiphyses of long bones and in the vertebral bodies. Studying the mechanical …

Additively manufactured meta-biomaterials: A state-of-the-art review

S Vyavahare, V Mahesh, V Mahesh… - Composite …, 2023 - Elsevier
Meta-biomaterials are designer biomaterials with extraordinary characteristics that originate
from their geometrical designs. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a perfect fabrication route for …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering cancer microenvironments for in vitro 3-D tumor models

W Asghar, R El Assal, H Shafiee, S Pitteri… - Materials today, 2015 - Elsevier
The natural microenvironment of tumors is composed of extracellular matrix (ECM), blood
vasculature, and supporting stromal cells. The physical characteristics of ECM as well as the …

Mechanical properties of cortical bone and their relationships with age, gender, composition and microindentation properties in the elderly

MJ Mirzaali, JJ Schwiedrzik, S Thaiwichai, JP Best… - Bone, 2016 - Elsevier
The growing incidence of skeletal fractures poses a significant challenge to ageing
societies. Since a major part of physiological loading in the lower limbs is carried by cortical …

Naturally-derived biopolymer nanocomposites: Interfacial design, properties and emerging applications

R Xiong, AM Grant, R Ma, S Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Naturally derived materials with hierarchical organization are attractive candidates for high-
performance and functional bionanocomposites because of their renewability …

Selective laser melting of lattice structures: A statistical approach to manufacturability and mechanical behavior

SL Sing, FE Wiria, WY Yeong - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of processing parameters on the dimensional accuracy
and mechanical properties of cellular lattice structures fabricated by additive manufacturing …

The compressive behavior of bone as a two-phase porous structure

DR Carter, WC Hayes - JBJS, 1977 - journals.lww.com
Compression tests of human and bovine trabecular bone specimens with and without
marrow in situ were conducted at strain rates of from 0.001 to 10.0 per second. A porous …