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 …

Multiscale toughening mechanisms in biological materials and bioinspired designs

W Huang, D Restrepo, JY Jung, FY Su, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biological materials found in Nature such as nacre and bone are well recognized as light‐
weight, strong, and tough structural materials. The remarkable toughness and damage …

[HTML][HTML] Correlating multi-scale structure characteristics to mechanical behavior of Caprinae horn sheaths

K Yang, N Qin, H Yu, C Zhou, H Deng, W Tian… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Horns are used by Bovidae animals for intraspecific combat; as such they are among
Nature's toughest materials that require resistance to extreme loads. As a typical subfamily …

[HTML][HTML] Keratin-Based materials for biomedical applications

S Feroz, N Muhammad, J Ratnayake, G Dias - Bioactive materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Keratin constitutes the major component of the feather, hair, hooves, horns, and wool
represents a group of biological material having high cysteine content (7–13%) as …

Paleoproteomics

C Warinner, K Korzow Richter, MJ Collins - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Paleoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins, is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of
molecular biology, paleontology, archaeology, paleoecology, and history. Paleoproteomics …

Piezoelectric biomaterials inspired by nature for applications in biomedicine and nanotechnology

S Chen, X Tong, Y Huo, S Liu, Y Yin, ML Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

Keratin: Structure, mechanical properties, occurrence in biological organisms, and efforts at bioinspiration

B Wang, W Yang, J McKittrick, MA Meyers - Progress in materials science, 2016 - Elsevier
A ubiquitous biological material, keratin represents a group of insoluble, usually high-sulfur
content and filament-forming proteins, constituting the bulk of epidermal appendages such …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic armour design strategies for additive manufacturing: A review

MK Islam, PJ Hazell, JP Escobedo, H Wang - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature has a wide range of biological protection strategies that show resilience to impact
loading. These strategies also serve a certain amount of flexibility that contribute to body …

Structural design elements in biological materials: application to bioinspiration

SE Naleway, MM Porter, J McKittrick… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Eight structural elements in biological materials are identified as the most common amongst
a variety of animal taxa. These are proposed as a new paradigm in the field of biological …

Terahertz radiation and the skin: a review

AI Nikitkina, PY Bikmulina, ER Gafarova… - Journal of …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Terahertz (THz) radiation has demonstrated a great potential in biomedical
applications over the past three decades, mainly due to its non-invasive and label-free …