Our latest work sheds light on the striking similarities between the non-linear mechanical responses of particle-filled polymer hydrogels and biological tissues - out now in Nature Physics:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Strain-stiffening universality in composite hydrogels and soft tissues - Nature Physics
The nonlinear mechanical properties of soft biological tissues and composites are poorly understood. Their strain stiffening under compression and shear is now found to be universal, and follows from ...
