Claim · model-written summary
Elastic modulus and hardness of hooks decrease from Cynoglossum officinale to Galium aparine to Arctium minus.
- Taxon
- C. officinale
Cynoglossum officinalee3 - Outcome
- Elastic modulus and hardnesse3
- Direction
- decreasee3
- Comparator
- G. aparinee3
Verbatim
e0“we use a combination of scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray element analysis and nanoindentation, to examine the microstructure, biomineralization and mechanical properties of single hooks in Arctium minus, Cynoglossum officinale and Galium aparine”
e3“Elastic modulus and hardness decrease in the series C. officinaleG. aparineA. minus”
Title
Carla Gensana Claus; Elena V. Gorb; Stanislav N. Gorb; et al. Acta Biomaterialia 2024. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2024.07.041
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation Biomineralization and mechanical properties of the hooks differ strongly among the examined species.
- Mechanism Mechanical properties of hooks depend on biomineralization, through accumulation of silicon and calcium.
- Observation Mechanical properties of hooks are anisotropic between the radial and longitudinal directions.
