Intrafibrillar plasticity through mineral/collagen sliding is the dominant mechanism for the extreme toughness of antler bone

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-382

  Gupta, H S ^a   Krauss, S ^b   Kerschnitzki, M ^b   Karunaratne, A ^a   Dunlop, J W C ^b   Barber, A H ^a   Boesecke, P ^c   Funari, S S ^d   Fratzl, P ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT MECHANISM; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; NANO-SCALE MECHANISM; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; TENSILE DEFORMATION; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BONE; COLLAGEN; MINERALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; MINERAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FIBER; HORN; HYSTERESIS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL ANGLE X RAY DIFFRACTION; SYNCHROTRON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WIDE ANGLE X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; DEER; ELASTIC MODULUS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MINERALS;

EID: 84887609512     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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