On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone

Mineral crystals in calcified tissues: A comparative study by SAXS

(2010) P. Fratzl et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Mechanistic aspects of the fracture toughness of elk antler bone

(2009) M.E. Launey et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

On the Fracture Toughness of Advanced Materials

(2009) Maximilien E. Launey et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biological and Biomimetic Materials

(2009) Joanna Aizenberg et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mixed-mode fracture of human cortical bone

(2009) Elizabeth A. Zimmermann et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Molecular and Mesoscale Mechanisms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Disease in Collagen Fibrils

(2009) Alfonso Gautieri et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Inhomogeneous fibril stretching in antler starts after macroscopic yielding: Indication for a nanoscale toughening mechanism

(2009) Stefanie Krauss et al.   BONE

Alport Syndrome mutations in type IV tropocollagen alter molecular structure and nanomechanical properties

(2009) Maya Srinivasan et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Deformation and failure of protein materials in physiologically extreme conditions and disease

(2009) Markus J. Buehler et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Plasticity and toughness in bone

(2009) Robert O. Ritchie et al.   PHYSICS TODAY

Alpha-Helical Protein Networks Are Self-Protective and Flaw-Tolerant

(2009) Theodor Ackbarow et al.   PLoS One

Hierarchical Structure Controls Nanomechanical Properties of Vimentin Intermediate Filaments

(2009) Zhao Qin et al.   PLoS One

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

(2009) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Comparison of the structure and mechanical properties of bovine femur bone and antler of the North American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis)

(2008) P.-Y. Chen et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Measurement of the toughness of bone: A tutorial with special reference to small animal studies

(2008) R.O. Ritchie et al.   BONE

Evaluation of fracture toughness of human dentin using elastic–plastic fracture mechanics

(2008) Jiahau Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Deformation rate controls elasticity and unfolding pathway of single tropocollagen molecules

(2008) Alfonso Gautieri et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

The true toughness of human cortical bone measured with realistically short cracks

(2008) K. J. Koester et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Strength limit of entropic elasticity in beta-sheet protein domains

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Asymptotic Strength Limit of Hydrogen-Bond Assemblies in Proteins at Vanishing Pulling Rates

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Theoretical and computational hierarchical nanomechanics of protein materials: Deformation and fracture

(2008) M BUEHLER et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Bioinspired Structural Materials

(2008) C. Ortiz et al.   SCIENCE

Nanomechanics of collagen fibrils under varying cross-link densities: Atomistic and continuum studies

(2007) Markus J. Buehler   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE