Negative Poisson’s ratios in tendons: An unexpected mechanical response
- Submitting institution
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Staffordshire University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 3517
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.actbio.2015.06.018
- Title of journal
- Acta Biomaterialia
- Article number
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- First page
- 201-208
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1742-7061
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706115002871
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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11
- Research group(s)
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A - Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies (CBRT)
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper, resulting from a collaborative work with the Metamaterials Unit, University of Malta, demonstrated for the first time that human tendons including the Achilles tendons exhibit the very unusual mechanical property of a negative Poisson's ratio (auxetic) meaning that they get fatter rather than thinner when stretched. This result has significance in testing for and treating tendon injuries and improving the design of tendon prostheses. The results have received substantial interest from the clinical and scientific community and led to further funding support from the Malta Council for Science and Technology (R&I-2017-034 – V).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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