Inhomogeneous fibril stretching in antler starts after macroscopic yielding: Indication for a nanoscale toughening mechanism

Bone

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1105-1110

  Krauss, Stefanie ^a   Fratzl, Peter ^a   Seto, Jong ^a   Currey, John D ^b   Estevez, José A ^c   Funari, Sérgio S ^d   Gupta, Himadri S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antler; Biomineralized tissues; Fracture; Nanoscale deformation; Synchrotron small angle X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE DEFORMATION; DEER; FIBER; HORN; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; DEER; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67349192516     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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