Brain tissue is not only one of the most important but also the most complex and compliant
tissue in the human body. While long underestimated, increasing evidence confirms that …

The skin fulfills one of its most important functions, that is protection from mechanical
injuries, due to the mechanism of reversible deformation of the structure. Human skin is a …

Convolutions are a classical hallmark of most mammalian brains. Brain surface morphology
is often associated with intelligence and closely correlated with neurological dysfunction …

Soft biological tissues are complex materials with a large structural variety, with differences
in behavior, but with some common characteristics. Skin is an archetypal soft tissue which …

The objective of this paper is to provide a review on some aspects of the mathematical and
computational modelling of skin biophysics, with special focus on constitutive theories based …

Choosing the best constitutive model and the right set of model parameters is at the heart of
continuum mechanics. For decades, the gold standard in constitutive modeling has been to …

Unlike common engineering materials, living matter can autonomously respond to
environmental changes. Living structures can grow stronger, weaker, larger, or smaller …

The develo** human brain remains one of the few unsolved mysteries of science.
Advancements in developmental biology, neuroscience and medical imaging have brought …

Living systems can grow, develop, adapt, and evolve. These phenomena are non-intuitive to
traditional engineers and often difficult to understand. Yet, classical engineering tools can …

Soft materials play an integral part in many aspects of modern life including autonomy,
sustainability, and human health, and their accurate modeling is critical to understand their …