Nanoscale Deformation Mechanisms in Bone
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- 22 September 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 5 (10) , 2108-2111
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nl051584b
Abstract
Deformation mechanisms in bone matrix at the nanoscale control its exceptional mechanical properties, but the detailed nature of these processes is as yet unknown. In situ tensile testing with synchrotron X-ray scattering allowed us to study directly and quantitatively the deformation mechanisms at the nanometer level. We find that bone deformation is not homogeneous but distributed between a tensile deformation of the fibrils and a shearing in the interfibrillar matrix between them.Keywords
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