DOI: 10.1039/d6bm00272b ISSN: 2047-4830
Fiber and continuum scale contributions to the intrinsic and apparent fracture of soft collagenous tissue via cutting
Shaobo Zhan, Amy J. Wagoner Johnson, Shelby B. HutchensCollagenous tissue resists fracture through fiber rearrangement. Y-shaped cutting with SHG imaging captures this response at both fiber and continuum scales and measures the first intrinsic fracture energy measurement for a soft tissue.