supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11432008,11572179,and 11172155)
Characterizing the mechanical properties of soft materials and biological tissues is of great significance for understanding their deformation behaviors. In this paper, a regional stretching method is proposed to meas...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10972112 and 11172155);Tsinghua University;973 Program (2010CB631005)
This paper explores growth induced morphological instabilities in biological soft materials. In view of that the growth of a living tissue not only changes its geometry but also can alter its mechanical properties, we...