A 3D micromechanical study of hygroscopic coiling deformation in Pelargonium seed: from material and mechanics perspective

The mechanical properties of plant cell walls soft material at the subcellular scale: the implications of water and of the intercellular boundaries

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Self-burial Mechanics of Hygroscopically Responsive Awns

(2014) W. Jung et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The anatomy and grain pattern in forks of hazel (Corylus avellana L.) and other tree species

(2014) Duncan Slater et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Hygroscopic movements in Geraniaceae: the structural variations that are responsible for coiling or bending

(2013) Yael Abraham et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Quantification of microfibril angle in secondary cell walls at subcellular resolution by means of polarized light microscopy

(2012) Yael Abraham et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The mechanics of explosive dispersal and self-burial in the seeds of the filaree, Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae)

(2011) D. Evangelista et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Tilted cellulose arrangement as a novel mechanism for hygroscopic coiling in the stork's bill awn

(2011) Y. Abraham et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Generating Helices in Nature

(2011) Y. Forterre et al.   SCIENCE

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

A large strain computational multi-scale model for the dissipative behaviour of wood cell-wall

(2010) E.I. Saavedra Flores et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Plants control the properties and actuation of their organs through the orientation of cellulose fibrils in their cell walls

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

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

Structures in the cell wall that enable hygroscopic movement of wheat awns

(2008) Rivka Elbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The role of material properties for the mechanical adaptation at branch junctions

(2008) Karin Jungnikl et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION