Structural Interfaces and Attachments in Biology - Thomopoulos, Stavros; Birman, Victor; Genin, Guy M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Part I: Attachment of Dissimilar Materials: Challenges and Solutions -- The Challenge of Attaching Dissimilar Materials -- Functionally Graded Materials in Engineering -- Singularities at the Attachment of Dissimilar Materials -- Part II: Natural Examples of Transitions from Stiff to Compliant Materials -- Ligament and Tendon Enthesis: Anatomy and Mechanics -- The Bone-Cartilage Interface -- Muscle-Tendon Interactions in The Absence of Bones: Lessons from the Fruit Fly, Drosophilf -- Dentin/Adhesive Interfaces in Teeth -- Specific Adhesion of Soft Elastic Materials -- Diversified Material Designs in The Biological Underwater Adhesives -- Mechanics of Self-Similar Hierarchical Adhesive Structures Inspired by Gecko -- Part III: Regeneration of Interfaces - Development, Healing, and Tissue Engineering -- Mechanobiology at The Attachment of Tendon to Bone -- Soft Tissue to Bone Healing in Rotator Cuff Repair -- Soft Tissue to Bone Healing in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction -- Engineering Graded Tissue Interfaces -- Engineering Fibrous Tissues and their Interface with Bone -- Synthesis of Layered, Graded Bioscaffolds.
Keywords: Biomedical engineering; Biomaterials; Orthopedics; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Surgical Orthopedics