The basement membrane (BM) is a special type of extracellular matrix that lines the basal
side of epithelial and endothelial tissues. Functionally, the BM is important for providing …

Indentation measurement has emerged as a widely adapted technique for elucidating the
mechanical properties of soft hydrated materials. These materials, encompassing gels, cells …

White matter in the brain is structurally anisotropic, consisting largely of bundles of aligned,
myelin-sheathed axonal fibers. White matter is believed to be mechanically anisotropic as …

We investigate three aspects of material behavior in this ninth installment of the Cam-Clay
series, namely, anisotropy, heterogeneity, and viscoplasticity. The main focus of the paper is …

Characterizing the mechanical properties of white matter is important to understand and
model brain development and injury. With embedded aligned axonal fibers, white matter is …

The characterization of skin mechanics has many clinical implications and has been an
active area of research for the past few decades. Biomechanical models have evolved from …

The mechanical properties of brain tissue, particularly those of white matter (WM), need to
be characterized accurately for use in finite element (FE) models of brain biomechanics and …

Brain tissue is one of the most complex and softest tissues in the human body. Due to its
ultrasoft and biphasic nature, it is difficult to control the deformation state during …

The measurement of local mechanical properties of living cells by nano/micro indentation
relies on the foundational assumption of locally isotropic cellular deformation. As a …

Purpose To develop and demonstrate MR elastography (MRE) for the measurement of three
independent viscoelastic constants of skeletal muscle according to the theory of linear …