Tear resistance of soft collagenous tissues

Defect tolerance is important in order to ensure the mechanical integrity of synthetic materials and biological tissues. Here the authors demonstrate that toughening mechanisms provide soft collagenous tissues with high defect tolerance, with important implications for biomedical applications.

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Autores principales: Kevin Bircher, Manuel Zündel, Marco Pensalfini, Alexander E. Ehret, Edoardo Mazza
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/708fc6429803430baed53f539cf0b1b3
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Sumario:Defect tolerance is important in order to ensure the mechanical integrity of synthetic materials and biological tissues. Here the authors demonstrate that toughening mechanisms provide soft collagenous tissues with high defect tolerance, with important implications for biomedical applications.