Non-uniform breaking of molecular bonds, peripheral morphology and releasable adhesion by elastic anisotropy in bio-adhesive contacts

Integrin activation and internalization mediated by extracellular matrix elasticity: A biomechanical model

(2014) Guang-Kui Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Energy Loss in the Impact of Elastic Spheres on a Rigid Half-Space in Presence of Adhesion

(2013) U. B. Jayadeep et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Discontinuous crack-bridging model for fracture toughness analysis of nacre

(2012) Yue Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Probing mechanical principles of focal contacts in cell-matrix adhesion with a coupled stochastic-elastic modelling framework

(2011) H. Gao et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Frictional ageing from interfacial bonding and the origins of rate and state friction

(2011) Qunyang Li et al.   NATURE

Size and shape dependent steady-state pull-off force in molecular adhesion between soft elastic materials

(2010) Jizeng Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE

Lifetime and Strength of Periodic Bond Clusters between Elastic Media under Inclined Loading

(2009) Jin Qian et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Optimum size of a molecular bond cluster in adhesion

(2008) Yuan Lin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Influence of finite thickness and stiffness on cellular adhesion-induced deformation of compliant substrata

(2008) John M. Maloney et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E