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Failure of bone at the sub-lamellar level using in situ AFM-SEM investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2012

Ines Jimenez-Palomar  and
Asa H. Barber
Ines Jimenez-Palomar
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, School of Engineering and Materials Science Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
Asa H. Barber
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, School of Engineering and Materials Science Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
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Abstract

In this paper we examine the mechanical properties of individual lamellae from bone material using novel atomic force microscopy (AFM)-scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. Individual lamellar beams were selected from bone using focussed ion beam (FIB) microscopy and mechanically deformed with the AFM while observing failure modes using SEM. Both the elastic and fracture behavior of the bone lamellae were determined using these techniques.

Keywords

fracturebonemicrostructure
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1424: Symposium SS – Properties and Processes at the Nanoscale Nanomechanics of Material Behavior , 2012 , mrsf11-1424-ss04-05-oo03-05
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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