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Mechanical Resilience of Biofilms toward Environmental Perturbations Mediated by Extracellular Matrix
Zhang Q, Nguyen D, Tai J, Xu X, Nijjer J, Huang X, Li Y, Yan J. Mechanical Resilience of Biofilms toward Environmental Perturbations Mediated by Extracellular Matrix. Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202110699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMechanical resilienceNonlinear viscoelastic behaviorMaterials science pointLarge shear forcesBiofilm removal strategiesMechanical behaviorViscoelastic materialsViscoelastic behaviorBiofilm mechanicsSoft materialsStructure-property relationshipsRheological regimesRheological measurementsShear forceFunctional soft materialsLarge mechanical perturbationsPhysical insightPolymeric networkRemoval strategiesDynamics simulationsMolecular dynamics simulationsMaterialsDynamic environmentMatrixMechanical perturbations
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Interfacial cavitation
Henzel T, Nijjer J, Chockalingam S, Wahdat H, Crosby A, Yan J, Cohen T. Interfacial cavitation. PNAS Nexus 2022, 1: pgac217. PMID: 36714841, PMCID: PMC9802248, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterfacial failureInterfacial cavitationAdditive manufacturing methodCritical applied loadIndependent material propertiesMultimaterial compositesConstitutive modelDuctile metalsUnstable propagationApplied loadManufacturing methodsMaterial propertiesCavitation limitCavitation modeElastic responseUltimate failureCavitationModern materialsCritical pressureDominant mechanismSuch interfacesInterfaceMaterialsHomogeneous mediumExperimental system