Inverse poroelasticity as a fundamental mechanism in biomechanics and mechanobiology

How soft tissues respond to mechanical load is essential to their biological function. Here, the authors discover that – contrary to predictions of poroelasticity – fluid mobility in collagenous tissues induces drastic volume decrease with tensile loading and pronounced chemo-mechanical coupling....

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Main Authors: Alexander E. Ehret, Kevin Bircher, Alberto Stracuzzi, Vita Marina, Manuel Zündel, Edoardo Mazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00801-3