Connective tissue is one of the four major types of animal tissue and plays essential roles
throughout the human body. Genetic factors, aging, and trauma all contribute to connective …

Robust ionic sensing materials that are both fatigue-resistant and self-healable like human
skin are essential for soft electronics and robotics with extended service life. However, most …

Despite the high prevalence of tendon pathology in athletes, the underlying pathogenesis is
still poorly understood. Various aetiological theories have been presented and rejected in …

Following early research efforts devoted to achieving excellent sensitivity of electronic skins,
recent design schemes for these devices have focused on strategies for transduction of …

While cells within tissues generate and sense 3D states of strain, the current understanding
of the mechanics of fibrous extracellular matrices (ECMs) stems mainly from uniaxial, biaxial …

In this study, a poroviscoelastic finite element model (FEM) was developed and used in
conjunction with an AFM-based wide-bandwidth nanorheology system to predict the …

While the anisotropic behavior of the complex composite myocardial tissue has been well
characterized in recent years, the compressibility of the tissue has not been rigorously …

Tendons transmit load from muscle to bone by utilizing their unique static and viscoelastic
tensile properties. These properties are highly dependent on the composition and structure …

Collagen fibrils in tendon are believed to be discontinuous and transfer tensile loads
through shear forces generated during interfibrillar sliding. However, the structures that …

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most commonly injured soft tissue
structures in the articular knee joint, often requiring invasive surgery for patients to restore …