Journal article
Interfacial bonding between mineral platelets in bone and its effect on mechanical properties of bone
Abstract
Bone is a composite material consisting principally of apatite mineral, collagen fibrils, non-collagenous proteins, and other organic species. Recent electron microscopy studies have shown that the mineral in bone occurs as stacks of thin polycrystalline sheets ("mineral lamellae," MLs) which surround and lie between the collagen fibrils. We focus on the effect of the interface between these mineral lamellae on the mechanical properties of …
Authors
Pang S; Schwarcz HP; Jasiuk I
Journal
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 113, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104132
ISSN
1751-6161