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Probing the Role of Bone Lamellar Patterns through Collagen Microarchitecture Mapping, Numerical Modeling, and 3D‐Printing
Author(s) -
Grezzana Gabriele,
Loh Hyun-Chae,
Qin Zhao,
Buehler Markus J.,
Masic Admir,
Libonati Flavia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.202070040
Subject(s) - osteon , materials science , collagen fiber , lamellar structure , composite material , 3d printing , fiber , stress (linguistics) , anatomy , cortical bone , biology , linguistics , philosophy
Different osteon morphotypes (OMs), characterized by different collagen fiber orientations, occur in osteonal lamellae, allowing the bone tissue to fine‐tune the mechanical properties and to adapt to local stresses as described in the article, number 2000387 , by Flavia Libonati and co‐workers. A multi‐modal approach, including collagen fiber‐orientation mapping, numerical modeling, and 3D‐printing, is used to shed light on the reasons why Nature uses specific OMs in diverse stress regions.