Tear resistance of soft collagenous tissues
Defect tolerance is important in order to ensure the mechanical integrity of synthetic materials and biological tissues. Here the authors demonstrate that toughening mechanisms provide soft collagenous tissues with high defect tolerance, with important implications for biomedical applications.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08723-y |