Combination of 3D printing and electrospinning techniques for biofabrication

DL Yang, F Faraz, JX Wang… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents the different combination methods of 3D printing and electrospinning
processes and discusses the advantages of each method. Also, the applications of products …

Biomechanics of the tympanic membrane

G Volandri, F Di Puccio, P Forte, C Carmignani - Journal of biomechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
The tympanic membrane is a key component of the human auditory apparatus which is a
complex biomechanical system, devoted to sound reception and perception. Over the past …

Full-field thickness distribution of human tympanic membrane obtained with optical coherence tomography

S Van der Jeught, JJJ Dirckx, JRM Aerts… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Springer
The full-field thickness distribution, three-dimensional surface model and general
morphological data of six human tympanic membranes are presented. Cross-sectional …

[HTML][HTML] Regenerative therapies for tympanic membrane

S Anand, S Danti, L Moroni, C Mota - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
It is estimated that by 2050 one in every ten people will be suffering from disabling hearing
loss. Perforated tympanic membranes (TMs) are the most common injury to the human ear …

Biomimetic tympanic membrane replacement made by melt electrowriting

M von Witzleben, T Stoppe, T Ahlfeld… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tympanic membrane (TM) transfers sound waves from the air into mechanical motion for
the ossicular chain. This requires a high sensitivity to small dynamic pressure changes and …

Determination of mechanical properties of sand grains by nanoindentation

NP Daphalapurkar, F Wang, B Fu, H Lu… - Experimental …, 2011 - Springer
Determination of the mechanical properties of individual sand grains by conventional
material testing methods at the macroscale is somewhat difficult due to the sizes of the …

Multiscale fabrication of biomimetic scaffolds for tympanic membrane tissue engineering

C Mota, S Danti, D D'Alessandro, L Trombi… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The tympanic membrane (TM) is a thin tissue able to efficiently collect and transmit sound
vibrations across the middle ear thanks to the particular orientation of its collagen fibers …

[HTML][HTML] Chitin nanofibrils modulate mechanical response in tympanic membrane replacements

S Anand, B Azimi, M Lucena, C Ricci, M Candito… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The tympanic membrane (TM), is a thin tissue lying at the intersection of the outer and the
middle ear. TM perforations caused by traumas and infections often result in a conductive …

Characterization of the mechanical behavior of SU-8 at microscale by viscoelastic analysis

T Xu, JH Yoo, S Babu, S Roy, JB Lee… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical properties of SU-8 at microscale were measured under both micropillar
compression and nanoindentation on a film on a substrate. To the best of our knowledge …

Mechanical properties of human tympanic membrane in the quasi-static regime from in situ point indentation measurements

J Aernouts, JRM Aerts, JJJ Dirckx - Hearing research, 2012 - Elsevier
The tympanic membrane is a key component of the human auditory apparatus. Good
estimates of tympanic membrane mechanical properties are important to obtain realistic …