Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World

Growth Stresses are Highly Controlled by the Amount of G-Layer in Poplar Tension Wood

(2013) Chang-Hua Fang et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

Microfibril Angle: Measurement, Variation and Relationships – A Review

(2013) Lloyd Donaldson   IAWA JOURNAL

Size matters for violent discharge height and settling speed of Sphagnum spores: important attributes for dispersal potential

(2010) S. Sundberg   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Sphagnum Moss Disperses Spores with Vortex Rings

(2010) D. L. Whitaker et al.   SCIENCE

Moving with climbing plants from Charles Darwin's time into the 21st century

(2009) S. Isnard et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Gelatinous fibers are widespread in coiling tendrils and twining vines

(2009) Andrew J. Bowling et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mechanosensing of stem bending and its interspecific variability in five neotropical rainforest species

(2009) C. Coutand et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Developmental plasticity and biomechanics of treelets and lianas in Manihot aff. quinquepartita (Euphorbiaceae): a branch-angle climber of French Guiana

(2009) Léa Ménard et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Discovery of Lignin in Seaweed Reveals Convergent Evolution of Cell-Wall Architecture

(2009) Patrick T. Martone et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanical and biological consequences of repetitive loading: crack initiation and fatigue failure in the red macroalga Mazzaella

(2009) K. J. Mach   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Surface tension propulsion of fungal spores

(2009) X. Noblin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Functional diversity in gravitropic reaction among tropical seedlings in relation to ecological and developmental traits

(2009) Tancrède Alméras et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The power and control of gravitropic movements in plants: a biomechanical and systems biology view

(2009) Bruno Moulia et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

G-fibres in storage roots ofTrifolium pratense(Fabaceae): tensile stress generators for contraction

(2009) Nicole Schreiber et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Tensioning the helix: a mechanism for force generation in twining plants

(2009) S. Isnard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Anatomy of axis contraction in seedlings from a fire prone habitat

(2008) J. B. Fisher   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Xyloglucan: The Molecular Muscle of Trees

(2008) Ewa J. Mellerowicz et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

To break a coralline: mechanical constraints on the size and survival of a wave-swept seaweed

(2008) P. T. Martone et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

To bend a coralline: effect of joint morphology on flexibility and stress amplification in an articulated calcified seaweed

(2008) P. T. Martone et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Stress generation in the tension wood of poplar is based on the lateral swelling power of the G-layer

(2008) Luna Goswami et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Fastest Flights in Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms among Fungi

(2008) Levi Yafetto et al.   PLoS One

Explosively launched spores of ascomycete fungi have drag-minimizing shapes

(2008) M. Roper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA