[HTML][HTML] Inspiration from Nature's body armours–A review of biological and bioinspired composites

A Ghazlan, T Ngo, P Tan, YM Xie, P Tran… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Designing and manufacturing multi-functional, lightweight and high-performance body
armour materials and assemblies have attracted intense attention recently due to fast …

Compositional assessment of bone by Raman spectroscopy

M Unal, R Ahmed, A Mahadevan-Jansen, JS Nyman - Analyst, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Raman spectroscopy (RS) is used to analyze the physiochemical properties of bone
because it is non-destructive and requires minimal sample preparation. With over two …

[HTML][HTML] Biomechanical and biomolecular characterization of extracellular matrix structures in human colon carcinomas

E Brauchle, J Kasper, R Daum, N Schierbaum, C Falch… - Matrix Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is extensively remodeled in tumor tissues. Overproduction of
collagens, pathological collagen crosslinking and alignment of fibers are major processes …

The role of matrix composition in the mechanical behavior of bone

M Unal, A Creecy, JS Nyman - Current osteoporosis reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review While thinning of the cortices or trabeculae weakens bone, age-
related changes in matrix composition also lower fracture resistance. This review …

Introduction to infrared and Raman-based biomedical molecular imaging and comparison with other modalities

CFGC Geraldes - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular imaging has rapidly developed to answer the need of image contrast in medical
diagnostic imaging to go beyond morphological information to include functional differences …

Brillouin–Raman microspectroscopy for the morpho-mechanical imaging of human lamellar bone

M Alunni Cardinali, A Di Michele… - Journal of The …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bone has a sophisticated architecture characterized by a hierarchical organization, starting
at the sub-micrometre level. Thus, the analysis of the mechanical and structural properties of …

An ingenious composite microstructure of mantis shrimp appendage for improving impact resistance

X Yang, M Wang, P Bai, S Niu, H Song, J Ni… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Mantis shrimp appendage, as an important weapon for hunting, have remarkable impact
resistance due to their unique microstructure. In this study, the appendages were subjected …

Bone tissue aging affects mineralization of cement lines

P Milovanovic, A Vom Scheidt, K Mletzko, G Sarau… - Bone, 2018 - Elsevier
Cement lines are known as thin peripheral boundaries of the osteons. With a thickness
below 5 μm their composition of inorganic and organic compounds has been a matter of …

Anisotropic elastic properties of human femoral cortical bone and relationships with composition and microstructure in elderly

X Cai, H Follet, L Peralta, M Gardegaront, D Farlay… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The strong dependence between cortical bone elasticity at the millimetre-scale (mesoscale)
and cortical porosity has been evidenced by previous studies. However, bone is an …

Compressive behaviour of uniaxially aligned individual mineralised collagen fibres at the micro-and nanoscale

A Groetsch, A Gourrier, J Schwiedrzik, M Sztucki… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing incidence of osteoporotic bone fractures makes fracture risk prediction an
important clinical challenge. Computational models can be utilised to facilitate such …