Strain-stiffening is a well-documented behavior in soft biological materials such as liver and brain tissue. Measuring and characterizing this nonlinear response, which is commonly considered as a mechanism for damage prevention, is of great interest to engineers for design of better biomimetic materials, and to physicians for diagnostic purposes. However, probing the elastic response of soft or biological materials at large deformation in their natural habitat, is an arduous task. Here, we present the Volume Controlled Cavity Expansion (VCCE) technique as a measurement method that offers the ability of characterizing the local stiffening response of materials in addition to identifying their shear modulus. By employing minimal constitutive...
The atomic force microscope is a convenient tool to probe living samples at the nanometric scale. Am...
Elastography is a noninvasive imaging technique that provides information on soft tissue stiffness. ...
Measuring the mechanical properties of soft tissues in vivo is important in biomechanics and for dia...
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Minimally invasive experimental methods that can measure local rate dependent me...
Cavity expansion can be used to measure the local nonlinear elastic properties in soft materials, re...
© 2020 Changes in the elastic properties of brain tissue have been correlated with injury, cancers, ...
Quantitative measurement of the material properties (eg, stiffness) of biological tissues is poised ...
There is a strong demand for nanoindentation methods to probe the heterogeneous viscoelastic propert...
To guide the development of tissue scaffolds and the characterization of naturally heterogeneous bio...
The mechanical properties of soft materials are used in a wide range of fields and applications incl...
AbstractKnowledge of how the elastic stiffness of a cell affects its communication with its environm...
International audienceFollowing the general aim of recapitulating the native mechanical properties o...
A surgical simulation device enables surgeons to practice surgery on a virtual patient. Coupling the...
There is growing interest in quantifying vascular cell and tissue stiffness. Most measurement approa...
Hydrogel-based microspheres are commonly used for drug and cell delivery in regenerative medicine. C...
The atomic force microscope is a convenient tool to probe living samples at the nanometric scale. Am...
Elastography is a noninvasive imaging technique that provides information on soft tissue stiffness. ...
Measuring the mechanical properties of soft tissues in vivo is important in biomechanics and for dia...
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Minimally invasive experimental methods that can measure local rate dependent me...
Cavity expansion can be used to measure the local nonlinear elastic properties in soft materials, re...
© 2020 Changes in the elastic properties of brain tissue have been correlated with injury, cancers, ...
Quantitative measurement of the material properties (eg, stiffness) of biological tissues is poised ...
There is a strong demand for nanoindentation methods to probe the heterogeneous viscoelastic propert...
To guide the development of tissue scaffolds and the characterization of naturally heterogeneous bio...
The mechanical properties of soft materials are used in a wide range of fields and applications incl...
AbstractKnowledge of how the elastic stiffness of a cell affects its communication with its environm...
International audienceFollowing the general aim of recapitulating the native mechanical properties o...
A surgical simulation device enables surgeons to practice surgery on a virtual patient. Coupling the...
There is growing interest in quantifying vascular cell and tissue stiffness. Most measurement approa...
Hydrogel-based microspheres are commonly used for drug and cell delivery in regenerative medicine. C...
The atomic force microscope is a convenient tool to probe living samples at the nanometric scale. Am...
Elastography is a noninvasive imaging technique that provides information on soft tissue stiffness. ...
Measuring the mechanical properties of soft tissues in vivo is important in biomechanics and for dia...