Bone mechanical properties in healthy and diseased states

EF Morgan, GU Unnikrisnan… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The mechanical properties of bone are fundamental to the ability of our skeletons to support
movement and to provide protection to our vital organs. As such, deterioration in mechanical …

Structure and mechanics of interfaces in biological materials

F Barthelat, Z Yin, MJ Buehler - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Hard biological materials—for example, seashells, bone or wood—fulfil critical structural
functions and display unique and attractive combinations of stiffness, strength and …

Mechanical response of dislocation interaction with grain boundary in ultrafine-grained interstitial-free steel

H Li, S Gao, Y Tomota, S Ii, N Tsuji, T Ohmura - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Interstitial-free (IF) steel with ultrafine-grained (UFG) size was used to clarify the underlying
mechanisms of the 'extra-hardening'behavior from the Hall-Petch plot and the discontinuous …

Roadmap for focused ion beam technologies

K Höflich, G Hobler, FI Allen, T Wirtz, G Rius… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

The nanocomposite nature of bone drives its strength and damage resistance

OA Tertuliano, JR Greer - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
In human bone, an amorphous mineral serves as a precursor to the formation of a highly
substituted nanocrystalline apatite. However, the precise role of this amorphous mineral …

Strengthening and toughening mechanisms in graphene-Al nanolaminated composite micro-pillars

S Feng, Q Guo, Z Li, G Fan, Z Li, DB Xiong, Y Su, Z Tan… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Uniaxial compression tests were carried out on micro-pillars fabricated from nanolaminated
graphene (reduced graphene oxide, RGO)-Al composites of different RGO concentrations …

Microstructure evolution and properties of graphene nanoplatelets reinforced aluminum matrix composites

M Li, H Gao, J Liang, S Gu, W You, D Shu… - Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aluminum matrix composites reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were prepared
by continuous casting and subsequent rolling. Al-GNPs master alloy, prepared by ball …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nanomechanical and in situ testing techniques: Towards extreme conditions

D Kiener, M Wurmshuber, M Alfreider… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation based techniques were significantly enhanced by continuous stiffness
monitoring capabilities. In essence, this allowed to expand from point-wise discrete …

The bone organ system: form and function

EF Morgan, LC Gerstenfeld - Marcus and Feldman's Osteoporosis, 2021 - Elsevier
Bone is a complex, hierarchically organized organ system whose composition and structure
are closely related to, and in many ways controlled by, the functional demands made upon it …

Mapping the 3D orientation of nanocrystals and nanostructures in human bone: Indications of novel structural features

TA Grünewald, M Liebi, NK Wittig, A Johannes… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Bone is built from collagen fibrils and biomineral nanoparticles. In humans, they are
organized in lamellar twisting patterns on the microscale. It has been a central tenet that the …