The viscoelastic, hyperelastic and scale dependent behaviour of freshly excised individual skin layers

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4670-4681

  Crichton, Michael L ^a   Donose, Bogdan C ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Raphael, Anthony P ^a   Huang, Han ^a   Kendall, Mark A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFM; Dermis; Epidermis; Indentation; Mechanical properties; Skin

Indexed keywords

AFM; BIOLOGICAL TARGETS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; DERMIS; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; EPIDERMIS; HYPER ELASTIC; LIVING CELL; MECHANICAL BARRIER; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; MICRO DEVICES; MICRO-NANO SCALE; MOUSE SKIN; SKIN LAYER; SMALL SCALE; SPHERICAL PROBES; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUB-CELLULAR; SUBMICRON; TARGET DELIVERY; VACCINE DELIVERY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; HEALTH CARE; NANOINDENTATION; PROBES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EXCISION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN SURGERY; STRATUM CORNEUM; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955525007     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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