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2011 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

November 28-December 2, 2011 | Boston

Meeting Chairs: Cammy R. Abernathy, Paul V. Braun, Masashi Kawsaki, Kathyn J. Wahl

Symposium OO : Multiscale Mechanics of Hierarchical Materials

2011-11-28   Show All Abstracts

Symposium Organizers

Markus J. Buehler Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Horacio D. Espinosa Northwestern University
Tia B. Tolle U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Mark R. Van Landingham U. S. Army Research Laboratory
Ulrike Wegst Drexel University
OO1: Living Systems I
Session Chairs
Mark VanLandingham
Ulrike Wegst
Monday PM, November 28, 2011
Room 208 (Hynes)

9:30 AM - **OO1.1
Structure-Function Relationships in Damage-Tolerant Structural Glasses: Lessons from Nature.

Joanna Aizenberg 1 2 , James Weaver 2
1 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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10:00 AM - **OO1.2
Multiscale Toughness Amplification in Natural Composites.

Reza Rabiei 1 , Sacheen Bekah 1 , Francois Barthelat 1
1 , McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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10:30 AM - OO1.3
Molecular Insight on Spider Webs: Nanomechanics of Silk Key to Robustness.

Steven Cranford 1 2 , Anna Tarakanova 1 2 , Nicola Pugno 3 , Markus Buehler 1 2
1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeirng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Laboratory of Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 3 Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Politecnico di Torino, Torino Italy

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10:45 AM - OO1.4
Self-Assembly in Freeze-Cast, Hierarchically-Structured Composite Scaffolds.

Philipp Hunger 1 , Amalie Donius 1 , Ulrike G. Wegst 1
1 Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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11:00 AM - OO1
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11:30 AM - OO1.5
Structure and Mechanical Performance of Teleost Fish Scales.

Deju Zhu 1 , Lawrence Szewciw 1 , Franck Vernerey 2 , Francois Barthelat 1
1 Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States

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11:45 AM - OO1.6
Structural and Mechanical Studies of the Individual Building Block of a Transparent Natural Armor of Placuna Placenta.

Ling Li 1 , Christine Ortiz 1
1 Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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12:00 PM - OO1.7
Theoretical Analysis and Tunable Design of the Failure of Synthetic and Biological Suture Joints.

Yaning Li 1 2 , Christine Ortiz 2 , Mary Boyce 1
1 Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Material Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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12:15 PM - OO1.8
Function-Related Variations in Structure and Composition of Crustacean Cuticle.

Helge Fabritius 1 , Svetoslav Nikolov 2 , Simone Karsten 1 , Andreas Ziegler 3 , Bastian Seidl 3 , Martin Friak 1 , Pavlina Elstnerova 1 , Sabine Hild 4 , Katja Huemer 4 , Dierk Raabe 1 , Joerg Neugebauer 1
1 , Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf Germany, 2 , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria, 3 , University of Ulm, Ulm Germany, 4 , Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz Austria

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12:30 PM - OO1.9
Hierarchical Composites Built from Cellular Architectures.

Bryan Kaehr 1 2 , Jason Townson 2 , Jeff Brinker 1 2
1 Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 2 Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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12:45 PM - OO1.10
Deformation Mechanisms in a Polymeric Composite with Combined Stochastic and Periodic Architectures.

Juliana Bernal Ostos 1 , Renaud Rinaldi 1 , Luke Miller 3 , Chris Hammetter 2 , Alan Jacobsen 4 , Galen Stucky 3 1 , Frank Zok 1
1 Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, 3 Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, 2 Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, 4 , HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, California, United States

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OO2: Living Systems II
Session Chairs
Ulrike Wegst
Monday PM, November 28, 2011
Room 208 (Hynes)

3:00 PM - OO2.2
Water-Activated, Shape Memory Twist Effect in Wood.

Nayomi Plaza 1 , Sam Zelinka 2 , Don Stone 3 , Joseph Jakes 1
1 Performance Enhanced Biopolymers, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 2 Durability and Wood Protection Research, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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3:15 PM - OO2.3
Hierarchically-Structured Nanocellulose Composite Scaffolds.

Amalie Donius 1 , Andong Lui 2 , Philipp Hunger 1 , Lars Berglund 2 , Ulrike G. Wegst 1
1 Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 2 Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm Sweden

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3:30 PM - OO2.4
A Multiscale Approach to Assess the Effect of Multilevel Structuring on the Properties of Hierarchical Lattice Materials.

Andrea Vigliotti 1 , Damiano Pasini 1
1 Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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3:45 PM - OO2.5
Structure-Property-Processing Correlations in Freeze-Cast Titanium Foams.

Jordan Weaver 2 , Surya Kalidindi 2 , Ulrike G. Wegst 1
2 Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1 Material Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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4:00 PM - *
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OO3/SS4: Joint Session: Living Systems III: Nano and Submicron Mechanical Testing
Session Chairs
Mark VanLandingham
Monday PM, November 28, 2011
Constitution A (Sheraton)

4:30 PM - **OO3.1/SS4.1
New Techniques Using Nanoindentation of Biological Tissues in Fluid Environments.

Michelle Dickinson 1
1 Chemical and Materials Engineering, Univeristy of Auckland, Auckland New Zealand

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5:00 PM - OO3.2/SS4.2
Determination of Mechanical Properties in Escherichia Coli by Nanoindentation.

Cody Wright 1
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University, Suffolk, Virginia, United States

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5:15 PM - OO3.3/SS4.3
Linking Nano- and Micromechanical Measurements of the Bone-Cartilage Interface.

Sara Campbell 1 , Virginia Ferguson 2 , Donna Hurley 1
1 , NIST, Boulder, Colorado, United States, 2 2.Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States

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5:30 PM - OO3.4/SS4.4
Spherical Nanoindentation Applied to Biomimetic Composites.

Mohammed Abba 1 2 , Surya Kalidindi 1 , Ulrike Wegst 2
1 Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 2 Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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5:45 PM - OO3.5/SS4.5
Failure of Bone at the Sub-Lamellar Level Using In Situ AFM-SEM Investigations.

Ines Jimenez-Palomar 1 , Asa Barber 1
1 Department of Materials, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, London, United Kingdom

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2011-11-29   Show All Abstracts

Symposium Organizers

Markus J. Buehler Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Horacio D. Espinosa Northwestern University
Tia B. Tolle U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Mark R. Van Landingham U. S. Army Research Laboratory
Ulrike Wegst Drexel University
OO6: Poster Session: Hierarchical Materials
Session Chairs
Tia Benson Tolle
Markus Buehler
Horacio Espinosa
Mark VanLandingham
Ulrike Wegst
Tuesday PM, November 29, 2011
Exhibition Hall C (Hynes)

1:00 AM - OO6
OO6.17 TRANSFERRED TO OO4.8

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OO4: Living Systems IV
Session Chairs
Allison Beese
Tuesday PM, November 29, 2011
Room 208 (Hynes)

9:30 AM - **OO4.1
Interactions between Myofibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in a Tissue Model of Cardiac Fibrosis.

Teresa Abney 1 , Pavi Anand 2 , Ali Nekouzadeh 2 , Tetsuro Wakatsuki 3 , Elliot Elson 4 5 , Guy Genin 1 5
1 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 2 Biomedical Engineering, Washinton University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States, 3 Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 4 Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 5 Center for Materials Innovation, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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10:00 AM - OO4.2
Nanomechanics of Murine Articular Cartilage Reveals the Effects of Chondroadherin Knockouts.

Michael Batista 1 2 , Alan Grodzinsky 2 3 4 , Christine Ortiz 1 , Dick Heinegard 5 , Lin Han 1
1 Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 3 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 5 Department of Rheumatology, University of Lund, Lund Sweden

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10:15 AM - OO4.3
Molecular Interactions between Aggrecan and Collagen from the Cartilage Extracellular Matrix.

Fredrick Rojas 1 , Alan Grodzinsky 2 3 4 , Christine Ortiz 1 , Lin Han 1
1 Materials Science and Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 3 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 4 Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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10:30 AM - OO4.4
Specific Biomechanical and Biochemical Interactions between Neuronal Cells and Guidance Factors Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy.

Elise Spedden 1 , Ross Beighley 1 , James White 2 , Marie Tupaj 2 , David Kaplan 2 3 , Cristian Staii 1
1 Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States, 2 Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States, 3 Chemical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States

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10:45 AM - *
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11:15 AM - **OO4.5
The Role of Bone’s Hierarchical Structure in Fracture Toughness.

Sandra Shefelbine 1
1 Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London United Kingdom

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11:45 AM - OO4.6
Age-Related Changes in the Plasticity and Toughness of Human Cortical Bone at Multiple Length-Scales.

Elizabeth Zimmermann 1 2 , Eric Schaible 2 , Hrishikesh Bale 2 , Holly Barth 1 2 , Simon Tang 3 , Peter Reichert 2 , Bjorn Busse 2 , Tamara Alliston 3 , Joel Ager 2 , Robert Ritchie 1 2
1 , University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States, 2 , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States, 3 , University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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12:00 PM - OO4.7
Consideration of Bone and Teeth as Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Using In Situ Nanomechanical Testing.

Fei Hang 1 , Dun Lu 1 , Asa Barber 1
1 Department of Materials, Queen Mary University of London, London United Kingdom

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12:15 PM - OO4.8
Magnetically Responsive Bi-Stable Hierarchical Assemblies.

Stoyan Smoukov 1 , Elena Blanco 1 , Stephanie Lam 1 , Sumit Gangwal 1 , Krassimir Velikov 2 , Orlin Velev 1
1 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 2 Debye Institute for Nanomaterials, Utrecht University, Utrecht Netherlands

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OO5: Synthesis and Characterization I
Session Chairs
Mark VanLandingham
Tuesday PM, November 29, 2011
Room 208 (Hynes)

2:30 PM - **OO5.1
High Speed X-Ray Imaging.

Wah-Keat Lee 1
1 Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States

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3:00 PM - OO5.2
Mechanical Characterization of Skin Using Indentometry and Viscoelastic Model.

Sean Morrisroe 1 2 , Wei Tian 1 , Chung-yi Chiang 1
1 Advanced Measurement and Data Modeling, Unilever, Trumbull, Connecticut, United States, 2 Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States

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3:15 PM - OO5.3
Suspended Cell Rheology in the Frequency Domain as Characterized by Optical Stretching.

John Maloney 1 , Eric Lehnhardt 3 , Krystyn Van Vliet 1 2
1 Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 3 Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 2 Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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3:30 PM - OO5.4
Effect of UV Damage on Biomechanics of Human Stratum Corneum.

Krysta Biniek 1 , Kemal Levi 1 , Reinhold Dauskardt 1
1 Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

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