The elasto-plastic nano- and microscale compressive behaviour of rehydrated mineralised collagen fibres
A. Groetsch, A. Gourrier, D. Casari, J. Schwiedrzik, J. D. Shephard, J. Michler, P. K. Zysset, U. Wolfram
This paper investigates the elasto-plastic mechanical behavior of rehydrated mineralised collagen fibres using experimental and computational methods, finding that hydration significantly reduces mechanical properties at the micro- and nanoscale.
bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2022Bioengineering