A hybrid characterization framework to determine the visco-hyperelastic properties of a porcine zona pellucida

Interface Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Boccaccio, A ^a   Lamberti, L ^a   Papi, M ^b   De Spirito, M ^b   Douet, C ^c   Goudet, G ^c   Pappalettere, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Finite element analysis; Nonlinear optimization; Porcine zona pellucida; Prony series; Visco hyperelasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894372627     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2013.0066     Document Type: Article

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