Bone indentation recovery time correlates with bond reforming time

Reversible Unfolding of Individual Titin Immunoglobulin Domains by AFM

Matthias Rief, Mathias Gautel, Filipp Oesterhelt et al. · Science · 1997 · 3.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Molecular Biology +17

THE MATERIAL BONE: Structure-Mechanical Function Relations

Stephen Weiner, H. Daniel Wagner · Annual Review of Materials Science · 1998 · 2.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Materials Science +17

Molecular mechanistic origin of the toughness of natural adhesives, fibres and composites

Tilman E. Schäffer, Mario Viani, James B. Thompson et al. · Nature · 1999 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

Elongation mechanism of collagen fibrils and force-strain relations of tendon at each level of structural hierarchy

Naoki Sasaki, Shingo Odajima · Journal of Biomechanics · 1996 · 421 citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Materials Science +15

Contribution of collagen and mineral to the elastic-plastic properties of bone

AH Burstein, JM Zika, K G Heiple et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1975 · 388 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17