Abstract Machine-learning function representations such as neural networks have proven to
be excellent constructs for constitutive modeling due to their flexibility to represent highly …

Collagen is a major structural component of nearly every tissue in the human body, whose
hierarchical organization imparts specific mechanical properties and defines overall tissue …

The heterogeneous micromechanical properties of biological tissues have profound
implications across diverse medical and engineering domains. However, identifying full …

Skin aging is of immense societal and, thus, scientific interest. Because mechanics play a
critical role in skin's function, a plethora of studies have investigated age-induced changes …

Textile fabrics have unique mechanical properties, which make them ideal candidates for
many engineering and medical applications: They are initially flexible, nonlinearly stiffening …

Distal airways commonly obstruct in lung disease and despite their importance, their
mechanical properties are vastly underexplored. The lack of bronchial experiments restricts …

Susceptibility to infection and excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are
the greatest obstacles for burn wound healing. In this research, the 5-aminosalicylic acid …

Skin tissue is recognized to exhibit rate-dependent mechanical behavior under various
loading conditions. Here, we report that the full-thickness burn human skin exhibits rate …

Understanding the response of skin to superphysiological temperatures is critical to the
diagnosis and prognosis of thermal injuries, and to the development of temperature-based …