... the formation of a cohesive thin film of magnetic iron oxide crystals (magnetite and/or maghemite). (corresponding author: michael.maas@uni-bremen.de) 24 07 2018 25 10 2018 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 mineralisation modelling surface modification Naturally...

...Julian F.V. Vincent, MA, PhD, DSc, MIM, CEng, FIMechE Biology is gradually yielding lessons and ideas for technology, but the resulting innovation is adventitious. Biology is also very complex: currently with no underlying analytical model and so cannot adequately be interrogated by technologists...

... of cells and tissues to extreme mechanical stresses could improve mitigation and post-injury treatment strategies. A key aim of this research is to create biologically meaningful injury models of soft tissues. Here the authors examine the material and cellular properties of freshly harvested porcine skin...

..., it is required to tune hydrogels into desired mechanical systems. To provide guidance to the tuning process, it is important to evaluate and model the mechanical properties of hydrogels. However, due to the structural complexity of hydrogels, both tuning and modelling face challenges and uncertainties...

...Natalia A. Khovanova, PhD; Torgyn Shaikhina, BEng; Kajal K. Mallick, PhD This study investigated the correlation of age in male and female specimens with physico-mechanical properties of trabecular bone including compressive strength, bone volume fraction, structural model index, trabecular...

...) on three main mechanical parameters—strength, work to fracture and apparent stiffness—is investigated in a simple model system using computer simulations. The results show that the work to fracture is mainly determined by the number of SBs present in the system, while the apparent stiffness...