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      The microstructure and micromechanics of the tendon–bone insertion

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          High-resolution imaging, composition analysis and mechanical testing provide a new insight into the structure and function of the Achilles enthesis.

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          The conflicts between strength and toughness.

          Robert Ritchie (2011)
          The attainment of both strength and toughness is a vital requirement for most structural materials; unfortunately these properties are generally mutually exclusive. Although the quest continues for stronger and harder materials, these have little to no use as bulk structural materials without appropriate fracture resistance. It is the lower-strength, and hence higher-toughness, materials that find use for most safety-critical applications where premature or, worse still, catastrophic fracture is unacceptable. For these reasons, the development of strong and tough (damage-tolerant) materials has traditionally been an exercise in compromise between hardness versus ductility. Drawing examples from metallic glasses, natural and biological materials, and structural and biomimetic ceramics, we examine some of the newer strategies in dealing with this conflict. Specifically, we focus on the interplay between the mechanisms that individually contribute to strength and toughness, noting that these phenomena can originate from very different lengthscales in a material's structural architecture. We show how these new and natural materials can defeat the conflict of strength versus toughness and achieve unprecedented levels of damage tolerance within their respective material classes.
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            Materials with structural hierarchy

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              Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture.

              Johannes H. Kindt, Georg Fantner, Jackie A Cutroni … (2005)
              Properties of the organic matrix of bone as well as its function in the microstructure could be the key to the remarkable mechanical properties of bone. Previously, it was found that on the molecular level, calcium-mediated sacrificial bonds increased stiffness and enhanced energy dissipation in bone constituent molecules. Here we present evidence for how this sacrificial bond and hidden length mechanism contributes to the mechanical properties of the bone composite, by investigating the nanoscale arrangement of the bone constituents and their interactions. We find evidence that bone consists of mineralized collagen fibrils and a non-fibrillar organic matrix, which acts as a 'glue' that holds the mineralized fibrils together. We believe that this glue may resist the separation of mineralized collagen fibrils. As in the case of the sacrificial bonds in single molecules, the effectiveness of this mechanism increases with the presence of Ca2+ ions.
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                Title: Nature Materials
                Abbreviated Title: Nat Mater
                Publisher: Springer Nature
                ISSN (Print): 1476-1122
                ISSN (Electronic): 1476-4660
                Publication date Created: February 27 2017
                Publication date (Print): February 27 2017
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                DOI: 10.1038/nmat4863
                PubMed ID: 28250445
                SO-VID: 4792e474-62ef-4186-8816-6c812bc2f0c9
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