Time-dependent mechanical behavior of human amnion: Macroscopic and microscopic characterization

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 314-323

  Mauri, Arabella ^a   Perrini, Michela ^a,b   Ehret, Alexander E ^a   De Focatiis, Davide S A ^c   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In situ mechanical testing; SHG microscopy; Time dependent behavior; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CREEP; HARMONIC GENERATION; MECHANISMS;

DISSIPATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN AMNION; IN SITU MECHANICAL TESTING; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; MACROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SHG MICROSCOPY; TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR; TIME-DEPENDENT MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

MECHANICAL TESTING;

WATER;

AMNION; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN FIBER; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STIMULUS TEST; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMNION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84925214220     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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